Famous Deaths Happened In August - 22
Friday, 13 February 2026
0408 On this day in history flavius Stilicho, West Roman field leader (395-408), dies at 48 

0634 Abd Allah Abu Bekr, Arabic merchant/1st kalief of Islam, dies on August - 22. 

1155 On August - 22 death of konoe, Emperor of Japan (b. 1139) 

1188 On this day in history death of ferdinand II, King of Leon (b. 1137) 

1241 On this day in history gregory IX, [Ugolino di Segni], Italian Pope, dies 

1280 Nicholas III, [Giovanni Gaetano Orsini], Italian Pope (1277-80), dies on this day in history. 

1286 Death of Erik V Klipping, king of Denmark, murdered on August - 22. 

1304 Death of John II, Count of Hainaut (b. 1247) on August - 22. 

1350 On August - 22 philips VI, of Valois, King of France (1328-50), dies 

1358 On this day in history 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 August - 22 death of thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland (b. 1528) 

1584 Death of Jan Kochanowski, Polish writer (b. 1530) on this day in history. 

1599 Death of Beatrice Cenci, Italian noblewoman (b. 1577) on this day in history. 

1607 Death of Bartholomew Gosnold, English explorer and privateer (b. 1572) on August - 22. 

1609 On August - 22 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 this day in history. 

1680 On August - 22 johann Georg II, Elector of Saxony (1656-80), dies at 67 

1701 Death of John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English royalist statesman (b. 1628) on August - 22. 

1711 Death of Louis François, duc de Boufflers, French marshal (b. 1644) on this day in history. 

1752 Death of William Whiston, English mathematician (b. 1667) on August - 22. 

1755 Caspar Burman, historian/mayor (Utrecht), dies on this day in history. 

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 this day in history. 

1797 Death of Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser, Alsatian-born Austrian general (b. 1724) on August - 22. 

1801 On August - 22 pieter G van Overstraten, gov-gen of Neth-Indies, dies at 46 

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

1818 On August - 22 warren Hastings, 1st governor-general of India (1773-84), dies at 85 

1828 On this day in history franz Joseph Gall, German/French physician (frenology), dies at 70 

1831 On this day in history john White, composer, dies at 52 

1850 Nikolaus Lenau, writer, dies at 48 on August - 22. 

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