Famous Deaths In August - 07

0461  Death of Majorian, Roman Emperor (assassinated) (b. 420) on this day in history.  

0479  Death of Emperor YÅ«ryaku of Japan on August - 07.  

1033  Death of Frederick II, duke of Upper Lorraine on August - 07.  

1106  Henry IV, Roman German king/emperor (1056/84-1105), dies at 54 on August - 07.  

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

1547  On August - 07 cajetanus van Thiene, Italian saint, dies  

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

1613  Death of Thomas Fleming, English judge (b. 1544) on this day in history.  

1616  Vincenzo Scamozzi, Ital architect (Procurazie Nuove, Venice), dies on this day in history.  

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  On August - 07 friederich Wilhelm Zachow, composer, dies at 48  

1786  Friedrich Schwindl, composer, dies at 49 on August - 07.  

1798  Johann Gottlieb Sollner, composer, dies at 65 on August - 07.  

1799  On August - 07 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 this day in history.  

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

1846  On this day in history johann Christian Heinrich Rinck, composer, dies at 76  

1848  On August - 07 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 August - 07.  

1867  Ira F Aldridge, US actor (Othello/Shylock), dies in Lodes Poland at 63 on this day in history.  

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

1893  Alfredo Catalani, composer, dies at 39 on August - 07.  

1912  Death of François-Alphonse Forel, Swiss hydrologist (b. 1841) on this day in history.  

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  Charles E Manning, Australian judge/major, dies in battle at 36 on August - 07.  

1917  On August - 07 death of squadron Commander E.H. Dunning, first pilot to land his aircraft on a moving ship. (b. 1891)  

1921  On August - 07 alexander A Block, Russian poet (Dvenatsat), dies at 40  

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

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1282  Princess Elizabeth of Rhuddlan (d. 1316) was born on this day in history.  

1533  Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga, Basque soldier and poet (d. 1595) was born on August - 07.  

1560  Elizabeth Báthory, Hungarian countess and serial killer (d. 1614) was born on this day in history.  

1574  On August - 07 birth of robert Dudley, styled Earl of Warwick, English writer (d. 1649)  

1598  On August - 07 birth of georg Stiernhielm, "father of Swedish poetry" (Hercules)  

1726  On this day in history birth of james Bowdoin, American Revolutionary leader and politician (d. 1790)  

1742  On this day in history birth of nathanael Greene, American Revoluntionary War General  

1746  On this day in history birth of daniel W Wyttenbach, Dutch classical/historian