Famous Deaths In December - 01

0660  Eligius/Eloy, French bishop of Tournay-Noyon/saint, dies on this day in history.   

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

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

1417  On this day in history walraven I van Brederode, viceroy of Holland, dies   

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 December - 01.   

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

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

1581  On this day in history death of ralph Sherwin, English Catholic saint (b. 1550)   

1602  Death of Kobayakawa Hideaki, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1582) on this day in history.   

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 December - 01.   

1651  Cristobal de Isla Diego, composer, dies at 65 on December - 01.   

1660  On this day in history death of pierre d'Hozier, French historian (b. 1592)   

1700  On this day in history willem ten Rhijne, Dutch physician in Batavia, dies at about 53   

1707  Jeremiah Clarke, composer, dies on this day in history.   

1709  A Sancta Clara, writer, dies on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1736  On this day in history simon van Slingelandt, Dutch grand pensionary (1727-36), dies at 72   

1750  Death of Doppelmayr, mathematician on December - 01.   

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

1767  On December - 01 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  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  On this day in history aleksandr I P Romanov, czar of Russia (1801-25), dies at 47   

1842  Death of Philip Spencer, 1st US naval officer condemned for mutiny, hanged on December - 01.   

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1081  Louis VI of France (d. 1137) was born on December - 01.   

1083  On this day in history birth of anna Comnena, Byzantine historian (d. 1153)   

1521  On December - 01 birth of takeda Shingen, Japanese warlord (d. 1573)   

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 this day in history.   

1573  On December - 01 birth of philippus Rovenius, [Rouveen], apostile   

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