Famous Deaths In August - 05

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

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

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

1610  On August - 05 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  Death of Juan García de Zéspedes, Mexican musician and composer (b. 1619) on August - 05.   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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  On August - 05 rubert Lucas Pearsall, composer, dies at 61   

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

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 August - 05.   

1889  On August - 05 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  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  On this day in history victoria, Emperor of Germany/Queen of Prussia, dies at 60   

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

1910  Wojciech Gawronski, composer, dies at 42 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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 August - 05.   

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

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

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

1623  On this day in history birth of antonio Cesti, composer   

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