Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In August - 12

1861  Eliphalet remington: American inventor, designer of the remington rifle (b. 1793)   

1864  Sakuma shōzan: Japanese reformer (b. 1811)   

1865  William jackson hooker: Botanist,   

1877  James drummond: Historical painter,   

1883  Last quagga: Zebra with less slashes (in artis),   

1885  Georg curtius: German classical/linguist/philologist,   

1891  James russell lowell: Poet/critic/diplomat,   

1896  Thomas chamberlain: Officer of the 20th maine at the battle of gettysburg   

1900  James e keeler: Us astronomer (rings of saturn),   

1901  Adolf erik nordenskiöld: Finnish-swedish explorer (b. 1832)   

1911  Jozef israels: Painter,   

1914  John philip holland: Submarine designer,   

1918  Anna held: Polish-born actress and singer (b. 1872)   

1922  Arthur griffith: Irish nationalist/president (sinn fein),   

1928  LeoÅ¡ janáček: Czech composer (b. 1854)   

1934  Hendrik p berlage: Architect (stock exchange amsterdam),   

1935  Friedrich schottky: German mathematician (b. 1851)   

1938  Ludwig borchardt: German egyptologist,   

1941  Bobby peel: Cricketer (took 102 wickets for england),   

1943  Georges martin witkowski: Composer,   

1944  Joseph p. kennedy: Jr., brother of president john f. kennedy (b. 1915)   

1948  Harry brearley: English inventor (b. 1871)   

1952  David bergelson: Yiddish language writer (b. 1884)   

1955  Thomas mann: German writer (dr faustus, nobel 1929),   

1959  Mike o'neill: Irish-born american baseball player (b. 1877)   

1964  Ian l fleming: British journalist/writer (james bond),   

1968  Pieter j auld: Mayor of rotterdam (1945-52),   

1969  Dick ryan: Actor (for heaven's sake),   

1973  John clay: Cricketer (glamorgan offie in only test 1935),   

1976  Thomas edward driberg: 1st baron bradwell, journalist,   

1982  Helvi lemmikke leiviska: Composer,   

1983  Henry gifford vivian: Cricketer (7 tests for nz, 17 wkts),   

1985  Marcel mihalovici: Composer,   

1988  Jean-michel basquiat: Us musician/graffiti painter (gray, samo),   

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Next Page »

1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31

1503  Christian iii: King of denmark/norway (1534-59)   

1566  Isabella ce: Infante of spain/governess of the netherlands   

1592  Willem earl of nassau-siegen: Dutch gov (fort emmerik/heusden)   

1604  Tokugawa iemitsu: Japanese shogun   

1620  Pieter cuypers: S neth lawyer   

1626  Giovanni legrenzi: Composer   

1629  Tsar alexei i of russia: Tsar alexei i of russia (d. 1676)   

1644  Georg christoph leuttner: Composer