Famous Deaths In December - 01

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

1135  On this day in history henry I Beauclerc, king of England (1st king that could read), dies  

1241  Death of Isabella of England, wife of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1214) on this day in history.  

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

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 December - 01.  

1455  On this day in history lorenzo Ghiberti, Italian sculptor, dies at 77  

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

1530  On this day in history margaretha of Austria, governess of the Netherlands, dies at 51  

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

1581  Death of Ralph Sherwin, English Catholic saint (b. 1550) on this day in history.  

1602  On December - 01 death of kobayakawa Hideaki, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1582)  

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

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

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

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 this day in history willem ten Rhijne, Dutch physician in Batavia, dies at about 53  

1707  On December - 01 jeremiah Clarke, composer, dies  

1709  On this day in history a Sancta Clara, writer, dies  

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 December - 01.  

1736  Simon van Slingelandt, Dutch grand pensionary (1727-36), dies at 72 on December - 01.  

1750  Death of Doppelmayr, mathematician on this day in history.  

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

1767  On this day in history death of henry Erskine, 10th Earl of Buchan, British Freemason (b. 1710)  

1797  Oliver Wolcott, US judge/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 71 on this day in history.  

1808  Anton Fischer, composer, dies at 30 on December - 01.  

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

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

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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  Johan van der Veeken, merchant/co-founder (VOC) was born on December - 01.  

1566  Philip, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, gov of Ft Gorinchem/Nijmegen was born on December - 01.  

1573  Philippus Rovenius, [Rouveen], apostile was born on this day in history.  

1580  Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, French astronomer (d. 1637) was born on December - 01.