Famous Deaths In August - 19

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

0472  Ricimer, Barbaars general, dies on this day in history.  

1186  Death of Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1158) on August - 19.  

1245  Death of Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence (b. 1195) on this day in history.  

1284  On August - 19 death of alphonso, Earl of Chester, son of Edward I of England (b. 1273)  

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

1493  Frederick III of Innsbruck, German Emperor (1440-1493), dies at 77 on August - 19.  

1580  On this day in history andrea Palladio, architect/writer (Il Redentore, Venice), dies at 71  

1601  Michael the Brave, ruler of Turkey, dies on this day in history.  

1646  On this day in history death of alexander Henderson, Scottish theologian  

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1650  Death of Abraham de Verwer, painter, buried at about 55 on this day in history.  

1654  Yom Tov Lipmann Heller, rabbi/author (Tosefot Yom Tov), dies on August - 19.  

1662  Death of Blaise Pascal, French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (b. 1623) on August - 19.  

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

1691  On August - 19 mustafa Koprulu, Turkish grand vizer, dies in battle  

1699  On this day in history jose Saenz d'aguirre, Spanish cardinal, dies at 69  

1719  Karl H Freiherr von Canstein, German lawyer, dies at 52 on this day in history.  

1744  Carlo Arrigoni, composer, dies at 46 on this day in history.  

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

1780  Bernhard Haltenberger, composer, dies at 32 on this day in history.  

1795  On this day in history friedrich Hartmann Graf, composer, dies at 67  

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  On this day in history death of james Watt, Scottish inventor (b. 1736)  

1822  Melchor Lopez Jimenez, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

1851  On August - 19 gioseffo Catrufo, composer, dies at 80  

1872  Eugene-Prosper Prevost, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.  

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

1881  On August - 19 joseph Labitzky, composer, dies at 79  

1883  On August - 19 death of jeremiah S. Black, American statesman (b. 1810)  

1888  On this day in history 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 August - 19.  

1892  On this day in history frantisek Zdenek Xavier Alois Skuhersky, composer, dies at 62  

1895  On this day in history death of john Wesley Hardin, American gunfighter (b. 1853)  

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1342  Katharine of Bohemia, Duchess of Bavaria (d. 1395) was born on August - 19.  

1398  On August - 19 birth of marqués de Santillana, Spanish poet (d. 1458)  

1521  On this day in history birth of lodovico Guicciardini, Italian historian (Descrittione di Tutti)  

1557  On August - 19 birth of frederick I, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1608)  

1558  Paulus Merula, Dutch lawyer/historian was born on this day in history.  

1590  Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland, English soldier (d. 1649) was born on this day in history.  

1596  Elisabeth Stuart, English daughter of James I was born on this day in history.  

1596  Elizabeth Stuart, Electress Palatine and Queen of Bohemia (d. 1662) was born on August - 19.