Famous Deaths Happened In August - 22
Wednesday, 29 October 2025
0408 On August - 22 flavius Stilicho, West Roman field leader (395-408), dies at 48 

0634 Abd Allah Abu Bekr, Arabic merchant/1st kalief of Islam, dies on this day in history. 

1155 Death of Konoe, Emperor of Japan (b. 1139) on this day in history. 

1188 On August - 22 death of ferdinand II, King of Leon (b. 1137) 

1241 Gregory IX, [Ugolino di Segni], Italian Pope, dies on August - 22. 

1280 On August - 22 nicholas III, [Giovanni Gaetano Orsini], Italian Pope (1277-80), dies 

1286 On this day in history death of erik V Klipping, king of Denmark, murdered 

1304 Death of John II, Count of Hainaut (b. 1247) on this day in history. 

1350 Philips VI, of Valois, King of France (1328-50), dies on August - 22. 

1358 On August - 22 death of isabella, Queen of England (b. circa 1295) 

1367 Egidius AC Albornor, Spanish archbishop of Toledo, dies at about 57 on this day in history. 

1485 Death of Richard III, king of England (1483-85), killed in battle at 32 on August - 22. 

1532 William Warham, English archbishop of Canterbury (1502-32), dies at 82 on this day in history. 

1553 On this day in history death of john Dudley, English Lord Admiral/premier (1551-53), beheaded 

1572 On this day in history death of thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland (b. 1528) 

1584 On this day in history death of jan Kochanowski, Polish writer (b. 1530) 

1599 On August - 22 death of beatrice Cenci, Italian noblewoman (b. 1577) 

1607 On this day in history death of bartholomew Gosnold, English explorer and privateer (b. 1572) 

1609 On this day in history death of maharal of Prague, Jewish mystic and philosopher (b. 1525) 

1652 Death of Jacob De la Gardie, Swedish soldier and statesman (b. 1583) on August - 22. 

1680 Johann Georg II, Elector of Saxony (1656-80), dies at 67 on August - 22. 

1701 Death of John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English royalist statesman (b. 1628) on this day in history. 

1711 On this day in history death of louis François, duc de Boufflers, French marshal (b. 1644) 

1752 On August - 22 death of william Whiston, English mathematician (b. 1667) 

1755 On this day in history caspar Burman, historian/mayor (Utrecht), dies 

1773 On this day in history death of george Lyttelton, English writer and politician (b. 1709) 

1793 Louis Duke de Noailles, marshal of France, dies at 80 on August - 22. 

1797 Death of Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser, Alsatian-born Austrian general (b. 1724) on this day in history. 

1801 Pieter G van Overstraten, gov-gen of Neth-Indies, dies at 46 on August - 22. 

1806 Death of Jean-Honoré Fragonard, French artist (b. 1732) on August - 22. 

1818 Warren Hastings, 1st governor-general of India (1773-84), dies at 85 on this day in history. 

1828 On August - 22 franz Joseph Gall, German/French physician (frenology), dies at 70 

1831 John White, composer, dies at 52 on August - 22. 

1850 On this day in history nikolaus Lenau, writer, dies at 48 

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