Famous Deaths In December - 01

0660  Eligius/Eloy, French bishop of Tournay-Noyon/saint, dies on December - 01.  

1135  On this day in history 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  Lorenzo Ghiberti, Italian sculptor, dies at 77 on this day in history.  

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

1530  On December - 01 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 this day in history death of kobayakawa Hideaki, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1582)  

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 December - 01.  

1635  On this day in history melchior Teschner, composer, dies at 51  

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 December - 01.  

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

1707  Jeremiah Clarke, composer, dies on December - 01.  

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

1723  On December - 01 death of susanna Centlivre, English dramatist and actress  

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

1729  On December - 01 christian Ludwig Boxberg, composer, dies at 59  

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

1750  On this day in history death of doppelmayr, mathematician  

1755  On December - 01 maurice Greene, composer, dies at 59  

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 December - 01.  

1808  On December - 01 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 December - 01.  

1842  On this day in history 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 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 this day in history.  

1549  Johan van der Veeken, merchant/co-founder (VOC) was born on December - 01.  

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

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.