Famous Deaths In August - 05

0882  Death of King Louis III of France (b. 863) on this day in history.  

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

1157  Dirk VI, Count of Holland, dies on August - 05.  

1364  On this day in history death of emperor Kogon of Japan (b. 1313)  

1572  Death of Isaac Luria, Palestinian-born Kabbalist (b. 1534) on this day in history.  

1579  Death of Stanislaus Hosius, Polish Catholic cardinal (b. 1504) on this day in history.  

1610  Death of Alonso García de Ramón, Spanish soldier and twice Royal Governor of Chile on this day in history.  

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 August - 05 death of john Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey, English statesman and writer (b. 1696)  

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1778  Thomas Linley, composer, dies at 22 on August - 05.  

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

1799  On this day in history death of richard Howe, British admiral (b. 1726)  

1830  Karl Friedrich Horn, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.  

1834  On August - 05 gijsbert K van Hogendorp, Dutch min of Foreign affairs, dies at 71  

1852  On this day in history frantisek L Celakovsky, Czech slavist/poet, dies at 53  

1856  Rubert Lucas Pearsall, composer, dies at 61 on August - 05.  

1862  Thomas Williams, US Union brig-general, dies in battle at 47 on this day in history.  

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

1864  On this day in history griffin A Stedman, Union-brig-gen (Fort Stedman), dies in battle at 26  

1868  On this day in history death of jacques Boucher de CrèvecÅ“ur de Perthes, French archaeologist (b. 1788)  

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

1880  Death of Ferdinand Ritter von Hebra, Austrian physician (b. 1816) on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history friedrich English, German textile manufacturer/marxist, dies  

1900  James Augustine Healy, black Roman Catholic bishop, dies at 80 on this day in history.  

1901  Victoria, Emperor of Germany/Queen of Prussia, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

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

1910  Wojciech Gawronski, composer, dies at 42 on August - 05.  

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

1916  George Sainton Kaye Butterworth, composer, dies at 31 on August - 05.  

1923  On this day in history death of vatroslav Jagić, Croatian slavist (b. 1835)  

1925  Death of Jennie Lee (actor), American actress (b. 1848) on August - 05.  

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

1397  On August - 05 birth of guillaume Dufay, Franco-Flemish composer and theorist (d. 1474)  

1461  On August - 05 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  On August - 05 birth of john Eliot, "Apostle to Indians," Bible translator, baptized  

1607  Philipp Friedrich Boddecker, composer was born on August - 05.  

1623  Antonio Cesti, composer was born on this day in history.  

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