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  On December - 01 death of isabella of England, wife of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1214)  

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

1377  On December - 01 death of king Magnus II of Sweden (b. 1316)  

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

1433  Death of Emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (b. 1377) on December - 01.  

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

1521  Leo X, [Giovanni de' Medici], Italian Pope (1513-21), dies at 45 on this day in history.  

1530  Margaretha of Austria, governess of the Netherlands, dies at 51 on December - 01.  

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1580  Death of Edmund Campion, English jesuit, hanged at 42 on December - 01.  

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  Thomas Weelkes, composer, dies at 47 on this day in history.  

1633  On December - 01 isabella of Austria, infante of Spain/governess in Holland, dies at 67  

1635  Melchior Teschner, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.  

1651  On this day in history cristobal de Isla Diego, composer, dies at 65  

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

1700  On December - 01 willem ten Rhijne, Dutch physician in Batavia, dies at about 53  

1707  On this day in history jeremiah Clarke, composer, dies  

1709  A Sancta Clara, writer, dies on December - 01.  

1723  Death of Susanna Centlivre, English dramatist and actress on December - 01.  

1727  On December - 01 johann Heinrich Buttstett, composer, dies at 61  

1729  Christian Ludwig Boxberg, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.  

1736  On December - 01 simon van Slingelandt, Dutch grand pensionary (1727-36), dies at 72  

1750  On December - 01 death of doppelmayr, mathematician  

1755  Maurice Greene, composer, dies at 59 on December - 01.  

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  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 this day in history.  

1825  Aleksandr I P Romanov, czar of Russia (1801-25), dies at 47 on this day in history.  

1842  On December - 01 death of philip Spencer, 1st US naval officer condemned for mutiny, hanged  

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1081  On December - 01 birth of louis VI of France (d. 1137)  

1083  On December - 01 birth of anna Comnena, Byzantine historian (d. 1153)  

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  Johan van der Veeken, merchant/co-founder (VOC) was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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