Famous Deaths In August - 07

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

0479  On this day in history death of emperor Yūryaku 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 this day in history.  

1485  On August - 07 death of alexander Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany, Scottish prince  

1547  Cajetanus van Thiene, Italian saint, dies on August - 07.  

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  Vincenzo Scamozzi, Ital architect (Procurazie Nuove, Venice), dies on this day in history.  

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 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 August - 07.  

1786  Friedrich Schwindl, composer, dies at 49 on this day in history.  

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

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

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  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  On this day in history death of li Xiucheng, late Taiping‘s Field Marshal and soul person.(b. 1823)  

1867  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history 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 August - 07.  

1533  On this day in history 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 August - 07 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.