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  Death of Isabella of England, wife of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1214) on December - 01.  

1374  On this day in history magnus Eriksson, king of Norway/Sweden, dies  

1377  On December - 01 death of king Magnus II of Sweden (b. 1316)  

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

1433  On this day in history death of emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (b. 1377)  

1455  Lorenzo Ghiberti, Italian sculptor, dies at 77 on December - 01.  

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

1530  On December - 01 margaretha of Austria, governess of the Netherlands, dies at 51  

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1580  On December - 01 death of edmund Campion, English jesuit, hanged at 42  

1581  On December - 01 death of ralph Sherwin, English Catholic saint (b. 1550)  

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

1623  On December - 01 thomas Weelkes, composer, dies at 47  

1633  On December - 01 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  Cristobal de Isla Diego, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.  

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

1700  Willem ten Rhijne, Dutch physician in Batavia, dies at about 53 on this day in history.  

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

1709  A Sancta Clara, writer, dies on December - 01.  

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 this day in history.  

1736  Simon van Slingelandt, Dutch grand pensionary (1727-36), dies at 72 on this day in history.  

1750  On December - 01 death of doppelmayr, mathematician  

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

1817  On December - 01 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 this day in history.  

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

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

1566  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, French astronomer (d. 1637)