Famous Deaths In August - 07

0461  On August - 07 death of majorian, Roman Emperor (assassinated) (b. 420)  

0479  On this day in history death of emperor YÅ«ryaku of Japan  

1033  On August - 07 death of frederick II, duke of Upper Lorraine  

1106  On this day in history henry IV, Roman German king/emperor (1056/84-1105), dies at 54  

1485  On this day in history death of alexander Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany, Scottish prince  

1547  Cajetanus van Thiene, Italian saint, dies on this day in history.  

1609  On this day in history eustache du Caurroy, composer, dies at 60  

1613  Death of Thomas Fleming, English judge (b. 1544) on August - 07.  

1616  Vincenzo Scamozzi, Ital architect (Procurazie Nuove, Venice), dies on August - 07.  

1635  Death of Friedrich von Spee, German writer (b. 1591) on August - 07.  

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1639  Death of Martin van den Hove, Dutch scientist (b. 1605) on this day in history.  

1657  Robert Blake, English admiral (Dover, Dungeness), dies at about 57 on this day in history.  

1661  Death of Jin Shengtan, Chinese editor, writer and critic (b. 1608) on this day in history.  

1712  Friederich Wilhelm Zachow, composer, dies at 48 on this day in history.  

1786  Friedrich Schwindl, composer, dies at 49 on this day in history.  

1798  On this day in history johann Gottlieb Sollner, composer, dies at 65  

1799  On this day in history john Bacon, English sculptor, dies at 58  

1816  On this day in history dionysius G van der Keessel, Dut lawyer (Theses selectae), dies at 77  

1817  Death of Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, French industrialist (b. 1739) on August - 07.  

1834  On August - 07 death of joseph Marie Jacquard, French weaver and inventor (b. 1752)  

1846  Johann Christian Heinrich Rinck, composer, dies at 76 on August - 07.  

1848  On this day in history death of jöns Jakob Berzelius, Swedish chemist (b. 1779)  

1855  On this day in history death of mariano Arista, President of Mexico (b. 1802)  

1864  Death of Li Xiucheng, late Taiping‘s Field Marshal and soul person.(b. 1823) on this day in history.  

1867  On August - 07 ira F Aldridge, US actor (Othello/Shylock), dies in Lodes Poland at 63  

1885  Antony EJ Modderman, Dutch minister of Justice (1879-83), dies at 46 on this day in history.  

1893  On August - 07 alfredo Catalani, composer, dies at 39  

1912  On August - 07 death of françois-Alphonse Forel, Swiss hydrologist (b. 1841)  

1913  On August - 07 david Popper, composer, dies at 70  

1914  On this day in history b B (Bransby) Cooper, cricketer (Test for Australia), dies  

1916  On August - 07 charles E Manning, Australian judge/major, dies in battle at 36  

1917  On this day in history death of squadron Commander E.H. Dunning, first pilot to land his aircraft on a moving ship. (b. 1891)  

1921  Alexander A Block, Russian poet (Dvenatsat), dies at 40 on August - 07.  

1923  On this day in history hendrik Pierson, Dutch theologist (H Pierson Foundation), dies at 89  

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1282  On this day in history birth of princess Elizabeth of Rhuddlan (d. 1316)  

1533  On this day in history birth of alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga, Basque soldier and poet (d. 1595)  

1560  On this day in history birth of elizabeth Báthory, Hungarian countess and serial killer (d. 1614)  

1574  Robert Dudley, styled Earl of Warwick, English writer (d. 1649) was born on this day in history.  

1598  On this day in history birth of georg Stiernhielm, "father of Swedish poetry" (Hercules)  

1726  James Bowdoin, American Revolutionary leader and politician (d. 1790) was born on this day in history.  

1742  Nathanael Greene, American Revoluntionary War General was born on August - 07.  

1746  Daniel W Wyttenbach, Dutch classical/historian was born on August - 07.