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  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  Cajetanus van Thiene, Italian saint, dies on August - 07.   

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

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

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)   

1639  On this day in history 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  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  Friedrich Schwindl, composer, dies at 49 on August - 07.   

1798  On August - 07 johann Gottlieb Sollner, composer, dies at 65   

1799  John Bacon, English sculptor, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1816  Dionysius G van der Keessel, Dut lawyer (Theses selectae), dies at 77 on August - 07.   

1817  Death of Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, French industrialist (b. 1739) on August - 07.   

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

1846  On August - 07 johann Christian Heinrich Rinck, composer, dies at 76   

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  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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

1914  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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  Princess Elizabeth of Rhuddlan (d. 1316) was born on August - 07.   

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 August - 07.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1742  On August - 07 birth of nathanael Greene, American Revoluntionary War General   

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