Famous Deaths Happened 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  Dirk VI, Count of Holland, dies on August - 05.   

1364  Death of Emperor Kogon of Japan (b. 1313) on this day in history.   

1572  On August - 05 death of isaac Luria, Palestinian-born Kabbalist (b. 1534)   

1579  On August - 05 death of stanislaus Hosius, Polish Catholic cardinal (b. 1504)   

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)   

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

1792  Frederick 7th baron North, English premier (1770-82), dies at 60 on August - 05.   

1799  Death of Richard Howe, British admiral (b. 1726) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

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  Death of Ferdinand Ritter von Hebra, Austrian physician (b. 1816) on August - 05.   

1889  Willem Ruys J Dz, ship owner, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1916  On August - 05 george Sainton Kaye Butterworth, composer, dies at 31   

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 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 this day in history.   

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

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

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