Famous Deaths In December - 01

0660  On December - 01 eligius/Eloy, French bishop of Tournay-Noyon/saint, dies  

1135  Henry I Beauclerc, king of England (1st king that could read), dies on this day in history.  

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 December - 01.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1455  Lorenzo Ghiberti, Italian sculptor, dies at 77 on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history death of edmund Campion, English jesuit, hanged at 42  

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

1602  On this day in history death of kobayakawa Hideaki, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1582)  

1623  Thomas Weelkes, composer, dies at 47 on this day in history.  

1633  On this day in history isabella of Austria, infante of Spain/governess in Holland, dies at 67  

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

1651  On December - 01 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 December - 01 a Sancta Clara, writer, dies  

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

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

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

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

1750  On this day in history death of doppelmayr, mathematician  

1755  Maurice Greene, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.  

1767  Death of Henry Erskine, 10th Earl of Buchan, British Freemason (b. 1710) on December - 01.  

1797  On this day in history oliver Wolcott, US judge/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 71  

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

1813  On this day in history ferdinando Bertoni, composer, dies at 88  

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  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  On this day in history birth of takeda Shingen, Japanese warlord (d. 1573)  

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

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

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

1573  On this day in history birth of philippus Rovenius, [Rouveen], apostile  

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