Famous Deaths In August - 05

0882  Death of King Louis III of France (b. 863) on August - 05.  

1063  Death of Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd on this day in history.  

1157  On August - 05 dirk VI, Count of Holland, dies  

1364  On August - 05 death of emperor Kogon of Japan (b. 1313)  

1572  On this day in history death of isaac Luria, Palestinian-born Kabbalist (b. 1534)  

1579  On this day in history death of stanislaus Hosius, Polish Catholic cardinal (b. 1504)  

1610  On this day in history death of alonso García de Ramón, Spanish soldier and twice Royal Governor of Chile  

1644  J Henry Alting, theologist (Statenvertaling), dies at 61 on this day in history.  

1678  On August - 05 death of juan García de Zéspedes, Mexican musician and composer (b. 1619)  

1743  Death of John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey, English statesman and writer (b. 1696) on this day in history.  

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1778  On August - 05 thomas Linley, composer, dies at 22  

1792  On this day in history frederick 7th baron North, English premier (1770-82), dies at 60  

1799  Death of Richard Howe, British admiral (b. 1726) on August - 05.  

1830  On August - 05 karl Friedrich Horn, composer, dies at 68  

1834  Gijsbert K van Hogendorp, Dutch min of Foreign affairs, dies at 71 on August - 05.  

1852  Frantisek L Celakovsky, Czech slavist/poet, dies at 53 on this day in history.  

1856  On this day in history rubert Lucas Pearsall, composer, dies at 61  

1862  Thomas Williams, US Union brig-general, dies in battle at 47 on August - 05.  

1863  On this day in history adolf Friedrich Hesse, composer, dies at 53  

1864  On August - 05 griffin A Stedman, Union-brig-gen (Fort Stedman), dies in battle at 26  

1868  On August - 05 death of jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes, French archaeologist (b. 1788)  

1877  On August - 05 death of gustavus, Crown Prince of Sweden (b. 1799)  

1880  On August - 05 death of ferdinand Ritter von Hebra, Austrian physician (b. 1816)  

1889  On this day in history willem Ruys J Dz, ship owner, dies at 80  

1891  On this day in history henry Charles Litolff, French pianist/componist, dies at 73  

1895  Friedrich English, German textile manufacturer/marxist, dies on August - 05.  

1900  James Augustine Healy, black Roman Catholic bishop, dies at 80 on August - 05.  

1901  Victoria, Emperor of Germany/Queen of Prussia, dies at 60 on August - 05.  

1907  Gentil T Antheunis, Flemish poet/music/composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

1910  On August - 05 wojciech Gawronski, composer, dies at 42  

1911  On August - 05 death of bob Caruthers, American baseball player (b. 1864)  

1916  George Sainton Kaye Butterworth, composer, dies at 31 on this day in history.  

1923  Death of Vatroslav Jagić, Croatian slavist (b. 1835) on August - 05.  

1925  On August - 05 death of jennie Lee (actor), American actress (b. 1848)  

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1301  Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician (d. 1330) was born on August - 05.  

1397  Guillaume Dufay, Franco-Flemish composer and theorist (d. 1474) was born on August - 05.  

1461  On this day in history birth of alexander Jagiellon, Grand Duke of Lithuania (d. 1506)  

1540  Joseph Justice Scaliger, proposed Julian dating was born on this day in history.  

1604  John Eliot, "Apostle to Indians," Bible translator, baptized was born on this day in history.  

1607  On August - 05 birth of philipp Friedrich Boddecker, composer  

1623  On August - 05 birth of antonio Cesti, composer  

1624  William, Jamestown Va, 1st black child born in English America was born on August - 05.