Famous Deaths In August - 07

0461  Death of Majorian, Roman Emperor (assassinated) (b. 420) on August - 07.  

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

1609  On this day in history eustache du Caurroy, composer, dies at 60  

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

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

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  On this day in history death of jin Shengtan, Chinese editor, writer and critic (b. 1608)  

1712  On August - 07 friederich Wilhelm Zachow, composer, dies at 48  

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  Death of Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, French industrialist (b. 1739) on this day in history.  

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 August - 07.  

1864  Death of Li Xiucheng, late Taiping‘s Field Marshal and soul person.(b. 1823) on August - 07.  

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  Alfredo Catalani, composer, dies at 39 on August - 07.  

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

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  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  Hendrik Pierson, Dutch theologist (H Pierson Foundation), dies at 89 on this day in history.  

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

1533  On this day in history birth of alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga, Basque soldier and poet (d. 1595)  

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  Georg Stiernhielm, "father of Swedish poetry" (Hercules) was born on August - 07.  

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