Famous Deaths In August - 07

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

0479  Death of Emperor Yūryaku of Japan on this day in history.  

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

1106  On August - 07 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  On this day in history vincenzo Scamozzi, Ital architect (Procurazie Nuove, Venice), dies  

1635  Death of Friedrich von Spee, German writer (b. 1591) on this day in history.  

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1639  On August - 07 death of martin van den Hove, Dutch scientist (b. 1605)  

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 August - 07.  

1712  Friederich Wilhelm Zachow, composer, dies at 48 on August - 07.  

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

1798  Johann Gottlieb Sollner, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.  

1799  On August - 07 john Bacon, English sculptor, dies at 58  

1816  Dionysius G van der Keessel, Dut lawyer (Theses selectae), dies at 77 on this day in history.  

1817  On August - 07 death of pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, French industrialist (b. 1739)  

1834  Death of Joseph Marie Jacquard, French weaver and inventor (b. 1752) on August - 07.  

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

1848  Death of Jöns Jakob Berzelius, Swedish chemist (b. 1779) on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history 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 August - 07.  

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

1912  Death of François-Alphonse Forel, Swiss hydrologist (b. 1841) on August - 07.  

1913  David Popper, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

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

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

1533  On August - 07 birth of alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga, Basque soldier and poet (d. 1595)  

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

1574  Robert Dudley, styled Earl of Warwick, English writer (d. 1649) was born on August - 07.  

1598  Georg Stiernhielm, "father of Swedish poetry" (Hercules) was born on August - 07.  

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

1742  Nathanael Greene, American Revoluntionary War General was born on this day in history.  

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