Famous Deaths In August - 05

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

1063  On August - 05 death of gruffydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd  

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  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 August - 05.  

1644  On August - 05 j Henry Alting, theologist (Statenvertaling), dies at 61  

1678  Death of Juan García de Zéspedes, Mexican musician and composer (b. 1619) on this day in history.  

1743  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1799  On August - 05 death of richard Howe, British admiral (b. 1726)  

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

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 August - 05.  

1856  On August - 05 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  Griffin A Stedman, Union-brig-gen (Fort Stedman), dies in battle at 26 on August - 05.  

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

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

1880  On this day in history 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  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  James Augustine Healy, black Roman Catholic bishop, dies at 80 on August - 05.  

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

1907  On August - 05 gentil T Antheunis, Flemish poet/music/composer, dies at 66  

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

1911  On this day in history death of bob Caruthers, American baseball player (b. 1864)  

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

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

1925  On this day in history death of jennie Lee (actor), American actress (b. 1848)  

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1301  On this day in history birth of edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician (d. 1330)  

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

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

1540  On August - 05 birth of joseph Justice Scaliger, proposed Julian dating  

1604  On this day in history birth of john Eliot, "Apostle to Indians," Bible translator, baptized  

1607  On this day in history 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.