Famous Deaths In December - 01

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

1135  Henry I Beauclerc, king of England (1st king that could read), dies on December - 01.  

1241  Death of Isabella of England, wife of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1214) on December - 01.  

1374  Magnus Eriksson, king of Norway/Sweden, dies on December - 01.  

1377  Death of King Magnus II of Sweden (b. 1316) on December - 01.  

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

1433  Death of Emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (b. 1377) on this day in history.  

1455  Lorenzo Ghiberti, Italian sculptor, dies at 77 on December - 01.  

1521  On this day in history 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.  

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

1581  On December - 01 death of ralph Sherwin, English Catholic saint (b. 1550)  

1602  Death of Kobayakawa Hideaki, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1582) on December - 01.  

1623  On this day in history thomas Weelkes, composer, dies at 47  

1633  Isabella of Austria, infante of Spain/governess in Holland, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

1635  On December - 01 melchior Teschner, composer, dies at 51  

1651  On December - 01 cristobal de Isla Diego, composer, dies at 65  

1660  On this day in history death of pierre d'Hozier, French historian (b. 1592)  

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

1707  On December - 01 jeremiah Clarke, composer, dies  

1709  A Sancta Clara, writer, dies on this day in history.  

1723  Death of Susanna Centlivre, English dramatist and actress on this day in history.  

1727  Johann Heinrich Buttstett, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history death of doppelmayr, mathematician  

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 this day in history.  

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

1808  On this day in history anton Fischer, composer, dies at 30  

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

1817  Justin Heinrich Knechtl, composer, dies at 65 on December - 01.  

1825  Aleksandr I P Romanov, czar of Russia (1801-25), dies at 47 on December - 01.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1521  Takeda Shingen, Japanese warlord (d. 1573) was born on December - 01.  

1525  On this day in history birth of tadeáš Hájek, Czech physician and astronomer (d. 1600)  

1549  On this day in history birth of johan van der Veeken, merchant/co-founder (VOC)  

1566  Philip, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, gov of Ft Gorinchem/Nijmegen was born on this day in history.  

1573  Philippus Rovenius, [Rouveen], apostile was born on December - 01.  

1580  Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, French astronomer (d. 1637) was born on this day in history.