Famous Deaths In August - 05

0882  On this day in history death of king Louis III of France (b. 863)  

1063  Death of Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd on August - 05.  

1157  On this day in history dirk VI, Count of Holland, dies  

1364  Death of Emperor Kogon of Japan (b. 1313) on August - 05.  

1572  On August - 05 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 August - 05.  

1678  On this day in history death of juan García de Zéspedes, Mexican musician and composer (b. 1619)  

1743  On this day in history death of john Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey, English statesman and writer (b. 1696)  

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1778  On this day in history thomas Linley, composer, dies at 22  

1792  On August - 05 frederick 7th baron North, English premier (1770-82), dies at 60  

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

1830  Karl Friedrich Horn, composer, dies at 68 on August - 05.  

1834  On this day in history gijsbert K van Hogendorp, Dutch min of Foreign affairs, dies at 71  

1852  Frantisek L Celakovsky, Czech slavist/poet, dies at 53 on August - 05.  

1856  Rubert Lucas Pearsall, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.  

1862  On August - 05 thomas Williams, US Union brig-general, dies in battle at 47  

1863  Adolf Friedrich Hesse, composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.  

1864  Griffin A Stedman, Union-brig-gen (Fort Stedman), dies in battle at 26 on this day in history.  

1868  Death of Jacques Boucher de CrèvecÅ“ur de Perthes, French archaeologist (b. 1788) on this day in history.  

1877  Death of Gustavus, Crown Prince of Sweden (b. 1799) on August - 05.  

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

1889  Willem Ruys J Dz, ship owner, dies at 80 on August - 05.  

1891  Henry Charles Litolff, French pianist/componist, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

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

1900  On August - 05 james Augustine Healy, black Roman Catholic bishop, dies at 80  

1901  On this day in history victoria, Emperor of Germany/Queen of Prussia, dies at 60  

1907  On this day in history gentil T Antheunis, Flemish poet/music/composer, dies at 66  

1910  On this day in history wojciech Gawronski, composer, dies at 42  

1911  Death of Bob Caruthers, American baseball player (b. 1864) on August - 05.  

1916  On this day in history george Sainton Kaye Butterworth, composer, dies at 31  

1923  Death of Vatroslav Jagić, Croatian slavist (b. 1835) on this day in history.  

1925  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1397  On this day in history birth of guillaume Dufay, Franco-Flemish composer and theorist (d. 1474)  

1461  Alexander Jagiellon, Grand Duke of Lithuania (d. 1506) was born on August - 05.  

1540  Joseph Justice Scaliger, proposed Julian dating was born on August - 05.  

1604  On August - 05 birth of john Eliot, "Apostle to Indians," Bible translator, baptized  

1607  Philipp Friedrich Boddecker, composer was born on this day in history.  

1623  On August - 05 birth of antonio Cesti, composer  

1624  On this day in history birth of william, Jamestown Va, 1st black child born in English America