Famous Deaths In August - 19

0440  Sixtus III, Italian Pope (432-40), dies on this day in history.  

0472  On August - 19 ricimer, Barbaars general, dies  

1186  Death of Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1158) on this day in history.  

1245  Death of Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence (b. 1195) on August - 19.  

1284  Death of Alphonso, Earl of Chester, son of Edward I of England (b. 1273) on August - 19.  

1297  On this day in history death of saint Louis of Toulouse, French Catholic bishop (b. 1274)  

1493  On this day in history frederick III of Innsbruck, German Emperor (1440-1493), dies at 77  

1580  Andrea Palladio, architect/writer (Il Redentore, Venice), dies at 71 on this day in history.  

1601  On August - 19 michael the Brave, ruler of Turkey, dies  

1646  Death of Alexander Henderson, Scottish theologian on August - 19.  

1650  Death of Abraham de Verwer, painter, buried at about 55 on August - 19.  

1654  On this day in history yom Tov Lipmann Heller, rabbi/author (Tosefot Yom Tov), dies  

1662  On this day in history death of blaise Pascal, French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (b. 1623)  

1680  Death of Jean Eudes, French catholic priest, founder of the Eudists (b. 1601) on this day in history.  

1691  Mustafa Koprulu, Turkish grand vizer, dies in battle on this day in history.  

1699  On August - 19 jose Saenz d'aguirre, Spanish cardinal, dies at 69  

1719  Karl H Freiherr von Canstein, German lawyer, dies at 52 on August - 19.  

1744  On August - 19 carlo Arrigoni, composer, dies at 46  

1753  [Johann] Balthasar Neumann, German architect, dies at 66 on August - 19.  

1780  On August - 19 bernhard Haltenberger, composer, dies at 32  

1795  Friedrich Hartmann Graf, composer, dies at 67 on August - 19.  

1812  Vincenzo Righini, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.  

1813  Johann Carl Friedrich Rellstab, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.  

1819  Death of James Watt, Scottish inventor (b. 1736) on this day in history.  

1822  On this day in history melchor Lopez Jimenez, composer, dies at 62  

1851  Gioseffo Catrufo, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.  

1872  On August - 19 eugene-Prosper Prevost, composer, dies at 63  

1876  On August - 19 george Smith, English assyriologist (script), dies at 36  

1881  Joseph Labitzky, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

1883  Death of Jeremiah S. Black, American statesman (b. 1810) on this day in history.  

1888  On August - 19 spencer F Baird, US biologist (Wood's Hole Station), dies at 65  

1889  Jean MMPA de Villiers de l'isle-Adam, French writer (Axel), dies at 60 on this day in history.  

1892  Frantisek Zdenek Xavier Alois Skuhersky, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

1895  On August - 19 death of john Wesley Hardin, American gunfighter (b. 1853)  

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1342  On August - 19 birth of katharine of Bohemia, Duchess of Bavaria (d. 1395)  

1398  Marqués de Santillana, Spanish poet (d. 1458) was born on August - 19.  

1521  On August - 19 birth of lodovico Guicciardini, Italian historian (Descrittione di Tutti)  

1557  On this day in history birth of frederick I, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1608)  

1558  On August - 19 birth of paulus Merula, Dutch lawyer/historian  

1590  On this day in history birth of henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland, English soldier (d. 1649)  

1596  Elisabeth Stuart, English daughter of James I was born on August - 19.  

1596  On this day in history birth of elizabeth Stuart, Electress Palatine and Queen of Bohemia (d. 1662)