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  Death of Isabella of England, wife of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1214) on this day in history.  

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

1377  Death of King Magnus II of Sweden (b. 1316) on this day in history.  

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

1433  On December - 01 death of emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (b. 1377)  

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

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

1530  Margaretha of Austria, governess of the Netherlands, dies at 51 on December - 01.  

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

1581  On this day in history 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  Isabella of Austria, infante of Spain/governess in Holland, dies at 67 on December - 01.  

1635  Melchior Teschner, composer, dies at 51 on December - 01.  

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  On December - 01 jeremiah Clarke, composer, dies  

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

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

1755  Maurice Greene, composer, dies at 59 on December - 01.  

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 December - 01.  

1808  Anton Fischer, composer, dies at 30 on this day in history.  

1813  Ferdinando Bertoni, composer, dies at 88 on December - 01.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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1081  On December - 01 birth of louis VI of France (d. 1137)  

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  Tadeáš Hájek, Czech physician and astronomer (d. 1600) was born on December - 01.  

1549  On this day in history 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  Philippus Rovenius, [Rouveen], apostile was born on this day in history.  

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