Famous Deaths In July - 07

1129  Shirakawa, emperor of Japan (1072-86)/budhist monk, dies at 76 on this day in history.  

1304  Benedict XI, [Niccolo Boccasini], Pope (1303-04), dies on this day in history.  

1307  Edward I, King of England (1272-1307), dies at 68 on this day in history.  

1348  John Andreae, Italian canonist, dies on July - 07.  

1537  On July - 07 death of madeleine de Valois, queen of James V of Scotland (b. 1520)  

1572  Sigismund II August, last Jagellonen king of Poland, dies at 51 on July - 07.  

1573  Death of Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, Italian architect (b. 1507) on July - 07.  

1647  Thomas Hooker, clergyman, father of American democracy, dies on this day in history.  

1656  On this day in history death of michelangelo Rossi, Italian opera composer, buried at about 55  

1663  On this day in history death of thomas Baltzar, German violinist  

Advertisements

1694  Dokusho, Zen teacher, Obaku line, dies on July - 07.  

1701  On this day in history death of william Stoughton, American judge at the Salem witch trials (b. 1631)  

1713  Death of Henry Compton, Bishop of Oxford and privy councillor (b. 1632) on this day in history.  

1764  On July - 07 death of william Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath, English politician (b. 1683)  

1771  Thomas Gray, English poet (Elegy), dies at 54 on July - 07.  

1773  On this day in history cornelis Douwes, Dutch mathematician/astronomer, dies at 60  

1774  On this day in history giuseppi Maria Carretti, composer, dies at 83  

1776  Death of Jeremiah Markland, English classical scholar (b. 1693) on this day in history.  

1790  Franciscus "Frans" Hemsterhuis, Frisian philosopher, dies at 68 on July - 07.  

1794  Pascal Boyer, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.  

1799  On July - 07 william Curtis, English botanist (Botanical Magazine), dies at 53  

1814  On July - 07 robert Jasper van der Capellen, Dutch politician, dies at 71  

1816  On July - 07 death of richard Brinsley Sheridan, Irish playwright and politician (b. 1751)  

1826  Friedrich Ludwig Dulon, flautist/composer, dies at 56 on July - 07.  

1855  On July - 07 death of konstantin Batyushkov, Russian poet (b. 1787)  

1861  On this day in history john Willis Ellis, US governor of NC (1858-61), dies  

1865  On this day in history death of mary Surratt, & 3 other Lincoln conspirators, hanged  

1878  Death of Yegor Ivanovich Zolotarev, Russian mathematician (b. 1847) on this day in history.  

1885  Nicola De Giosa, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

1889  On July - 07 giovanni Bottesini, composer, dies at 67  

1890  Death of Henri Nestlé, Founder of Nestlé S.A. (b. 1814) on this day in history.  

1893  On this day in history guy de Maupassant, writer, dies at 42  

1898  On July - 07 lucien Petipa, French dancer/choreograph/ballet leader, dies  

1901  On July - 07 death of johanna Spyri, Swiss author (b. 1827)  

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | Next Page »

1053  On July - 07 birth of emperor Shirakawa of Japan (d. 1129)  

1119  Emperor Sutoku of Japan (d. 1164) was born on this day in history.  

1528  Anna of Austria, Duchess of Bavaria, daughter of Ferdinand I (d. 1590) was born on this day in history.  

1586  On July - 07 birth of thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel, English statesman (d. 1646)  

1656  On this day in history birth of guru Har Krishan, 8th Guru of Sikhism (d. 1664)  

1690  On July - 07 birth of johann Tobias Krebs, composer  

1710  Arvid Niclas Hopken, composer was born on July - 07.  

1746  Ludwig Wenzel Lachnith, composer was born on this day in history.