Famous Deaths In August - 19

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

0472  Ricimer, Barbaars general, dies on August - 19.  

1186  On August - 19 death of geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1158)  

1245  On August - 19 death of ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence (b. 1195)  

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

1297  Death of Saint Louis of Toulouse, French Catholic bishop (b. 1274) on this day in history.  

1493  On August - 19 frederick III of Innsbruck, German Emperor (1440-1493), dies at 77  

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 August - 19.  

1646  On August - 19 death of alexander Henderson, Scottish theologian  

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

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

1662  On August - 19 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 August - 19.  

1691  On this day in history mustafa Koprulu, Turkish grand vizer, dies in battle  

1699  Jose Saenz d'aguirre, Spanish cardinal, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

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

1744  On this day in history carlo Arrigoni, composer, dies at 46  

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

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

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

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

1813  On August - 19 johann Carl Friedrich Rellstab, composer, dies at 54  

1819  On August - 19 death of james Watt, Scottish inventor (b. 1736)  

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

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

1872  Eugene-Prosper Prevost, composer, dies at 63 on August - 19.  

1876  George Smith, English assyriologist (script), dies at 36 on August - 19.  

1881  On this day in history joseph Labitzky, composer, dies at 79  

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

1888  Spencer F Baird, US biologist (Wood's Hole Station), dies at 65 on August - 19.  

1889  Jean MMPA de Villiers de l'isle-Adam, French writer (Axel), dies at 60 on August - 19.  

1892  Frantisek Zdenek Xavier Alois Skuhersky, composer, dies at 62 on August - 19.  

1895  Death of John Wesley Hardin, American gunfighter (b. 1853) on August - 19.  

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1342  Katharine of Bohemia, Duchess of Bavaria (d. 1395) was born on this day in history.  

1398  On this day in history birth of marqués de Santillana, Spanish poet (d. 1458)  

1521  Lodovico Guicciardini, Italian historian (Descrittione di Tutti) was born on this day in history.  

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  On August - 19 birth of elisabeth Stuart, English daughter of James I  

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