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 December - 01.   

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

1417  On December - 01 walraven I van Brederode, viceroy of Holland, dies   

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

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

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

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

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

1581  Death of Ralph Sherwin, English Catholic saint (b. 1550) on December - 01.   

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

1623  Thomas Weelkes, composer, dies at 47 on December - 01.   

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

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

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 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 December - 01 a Sancta Clara, writer, dies   

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

1727  Johann Heinrich Buttstett, composer, dies at 61 on December - 01.   

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

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

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

1755  On December - 01 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  On this day in history oliver Wolcott, US judge/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 71   

1808  On December - 01 anton Fischer, composer, dies at 30   

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  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 December - 01.   

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

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

1525  Tadeáš Hájek, Czech physician and astronomer (d. 1600) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1580  On December - 01 birth of nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, French astronomer (d. 1637)