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

1485  Death of Alexander Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany, Scottish prince on August - 07.   

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

1609  Eustache du Caurroy, composer, dies at 60 on August - 07.   

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

1616  On August - 07 vincenzo Scamozzi, Ital architect (Procurazie Nuove, Venice), dies   

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

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 August - 07.   

1661  On August - 07 death of jin Shengtan, Chinese editor, writer and critic (b. 1608)   

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

1786  On August - 07 friedrich Schwindl, composer, dies at 49   

1798  On August - 07 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  On this day in history death of pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, French industrialist (b. 1739)   

1834  On this day in history 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 August - 07 death of jöns Jakob Berzelius, Swedish chemist (b. 1779)   

1855  On August - 07 death of mariano Arista, President of Mexico (b. 1802)   

1864  On August - 07 death of li Xiucheng, late Taiping‘s Field Marshal and soul person.(b. 1823)   

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

1885  On August - 07 antony EJ Modderman, Dutch minister of Justice (1879-83), dies at 46   

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

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

1913  David Popper, composer, dies at 70 on August - 07.   

1914  On August - 07 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  Death of Squadron Commander E.H. Dunning, first pilot to land his aircraft on a moving ship. (b. 1891) on this day in history.   

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

1923  Hendrik Pierson, Dutch theologist (H Pierson Foundation), dies at 89 on August - 07.   

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

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 August - 07.   

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

1598  Georg Stiernhielm, "father of Swedish poetry" (Hercules) was born on this day in history.   

1726  James Bowdoin, American Revolutionary leader and politician (d. 1790) was born on August - 07.   

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

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