Famous Deaths In December - 01

0660  On this day in history eligius/Eloy, French bishop of Tournay-Noyon/saint, dies   

1135  On December - 01 henry I Beauclerc, king of England (1st king that could read), dies   

1241  On this day in history death of isabella of England, wife of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1214)   

1374  Magnus Eriksson, king of Norway/Sweden, dies on this day in history.   

1377  On this day in history death of king Magnus II of Sweden (b. 1316)   

1417  Walraven I van Brederode, viceroy of Holland, dies on December - 01.   

1433  On December - 01 death of emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (b. 1377)   

1455  On December - 01 lorenzo Ghiberti, Italian sculptor, dies at 77   

1521  On December - 01 leo X, [Giovanni de' Medici], Italian Pope (1513-21), dies at 45   

1530  Margaretha of Austria, governess of the Netherlands, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1580  On December - 01 death of edmund Campion, English jesuit, hanged at 42   

1581  On this day in history death of ralph Sherwin, English Catholic saint (b. 1550)   

1602  Death of Kobayakawa Hideaki, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1582) on this day in history.   

1623  On December - 01 thomas Weelkes, composer, dies at 47   

1633  Isabella of Austria, infante of Spain/governess in Holland, dies at 67 on December - 01.   

1635  Melchior Teschner, composer, dies at 51 on December - 01.   

1651  Cristobal de Isla Diego, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1660  Death of Pierre d'Hozier, French historian (b. 1592) on this day in history.   

1700  Willem ten Rhijne, Dutch physician in Batavia, dies at about 53 on December - 01.   

1707  Jeremiah Clarke, composer, dies on this day in history.   

1709  On December - 01 a Sancta Clara, writer, dies   

1723  On this day in history death of susanna Centlivre, English dramatist and actress   

1727  On this day in history johann Heinrich Buttstett, composer, dies at 61   

1729  On this day in history christian Ludwig Boxberg, composer, dies at 59   

1736  Simon van Slingelandt, Dutch grand pensionary (1727-36), dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1750  Death of Doppelmayr, mathematician on December - 01.   

1755  On this day in history maurice Greene, composer, dies at 59   

1767  Death of Henry Erskine, 10th Earl of Buchan, British Freemason (b. 1710) on December - 01.   

1797  Oliver Wolcott, US judge/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 71 on December - 01.   

1808  Anton Fischer, composer, dies at 30 on this day in history.   

1813  Ferdinando Bertoni, composer, dies at 88 on this day in history.   

1817  On this day in history justin Heinrich Knechtl, composer, dies at 65   

1825  On December - 01 aleksandr I P Romanov, czar of Russia (1801-25), dies at 47   

1842  Death of Philip Spencer, 1st US naval officer condemned for mutiny, hanged on this day in history.   

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1081  Louis VI of France (d. 1137) was born on December - 01.   

1083  Anna Comnena, Byzantine historian (d. 1153) was born on December - 01.   

1521  Takeda Shingen, Japanese warlord (d. 1573) was born on this day in history.   

1525  Tadeáš Hájek, Czech physician and astronomer (d. 1600) was born on December - 01.   

1549  On December - 01 birth of johan van der Veeken, merchant/co-founder (VOC)   

1566  On December - 01 birth of philip, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, gov of Ft Gorinchem/Nijmegen   

1573  On this day in history birth of philippus Rovenius, [Rouveen], apostile   

1580  On this day in history birth of nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, French astronomer (d. 1637)