Famous Deaths In August - 07

0461  On this day in history death of majorian, Roman Emperor (assassinated) (b. 420)  

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

1033  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history death of thomas Fleming, English judge (b. 1544)  

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

1635  On this day in history 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  Robert Blake, English admiral (Dover, Dungeness), dies at about 57 on August - 07.  

1661  On this day in history 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  John Bacon, English sculptor, dies at 58 on August - 07.  

1816  On August - 07 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  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  On August - 07 death of jöns Jakob Berzelius, Swedish chemist (b. 1779)  

1855  Death of Mariano Arista, President of Mexico (b. 1802) on this day in history.  

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

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

1885  Antony EJ Modderman, Dutch minister of Justice (1879-83), dies at 46 on August - 07.  

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

1912  On this day in history death of françois-Alphonse Forel, Swiss hydrologist (b. 1841)  

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

1914  On August - 07 b B (Bransby) Cooper, cricketer (Test for Australia), dies  

1916  On this day in history 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  Alexander A Block, Russian poet (Dvenatsat), dies at 40 on this day in history.  

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

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1282  On August - 07 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  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 August - 07.  

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 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