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 August - 07.  

1033  Death of Frederick II, duke of Upper Lorraine on this day in history.  

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

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

1547  On this day in history cajetanus van Thiene, Italian saint, dies  

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

1613  On August - 07 death of thomas Fleming, English judge (b. 1544)  

1616  On this day in history vincenzo Scamozzi, Ital architect (Procurazie Nuove, Venice), dies  

1635  On August - 07 death of friedrich von Spee, German writer (b. 1591)  

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

1657  On this day in history robert Blake, English admiral (Dover, Dungeness), dies at about 57  

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 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  Death of Jöns Jakob Berzelius, Swedish chemist (b. 1779) on August - 07.  

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

1864  On this day in history 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  Alfredo Catalani, composer, dies at 39 on August - 07.  

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

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

1914  B B (Bransby) Cooper, cricketer (Test for Australia), dies on August - 07.  

1916  Charles E Manning, Australian judge/major, dies in battle at 36 on August - 07.  

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  On this day in history alexander A Block, Russian poet (Dvenatsat), dies at 40  

1923  On August - 07 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  Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga, Basque soldier and poet (d. 1595) was born on this day in history.  

1560  Elizabeth Báthory, Hungarian countess and serial killer (d. 1614) was born on August - 07.  

1574  On this day in history birth of robert Dudley, styled Earl of Warwick, English writer (d. 1649)  

1598  On this day in history 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  Nathanael Greene, American Revoluntionary War General was born on August - 07.  

1746  On August - 07 birth of daniel W Wyttenbach, Dutch classical/historian