Famous Deaths In August - 05

0882  Death of King Louis III of France (b. 863) on August - 05.  

1063  On this day in history death of gruffydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd  

1157  On August - 05 dirk VI, Count of Holland, dies  

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

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  Death of Alonso García de Ramón, Spanish soldier and twice Royal Governor of Chile on August - 05.  

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)  

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

1830  On this day in history karl Friedrich Horn, composer, dies at 68  

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

1852  Frantisek L Celakovsky, Czech slavist/poet, dies at 53 on this day in history.  

1856  On this day in history 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  Adolf Friedrich Hesse, composer, dies at 53 on August - 05.  

1864  Griffin A Stedman, Union-brig-gen (Fort Stedman), dies in battle at 26 on August - 05.  

1868  Death of Jacques Boucher de CrèvecÅ“ur de Perthes, French archaeologist (b. 1788) on August - 05.  

1877  Death of Gustavus, Crown Prince of Sweden (b. 1799) on this day in history.  

1880  On this day in history death of ferdinand Ritter von Hebra, Austrian physician (b. 1816)  

1889  On August - 05 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 August - 05 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 August - 05.  

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

1925  On August - 05 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  Guillaume Dufay, Franco-Flemish composer and theorist (d. 1474) was born on August - 05.  

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 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  William, Jamestown Va, 1st black child born in English America was born on this day in history.