Famous Deaths In July - 07

1129  Shirakawa, emperor of Japan (1072-86)/budhist monk, dies at 76 on July - 07.  

1304  On this day in history benedict XI, [Niccolo Boccasini], Pope (1303-04), dies  

1307  Edward I, King of England (1272-1307), dies at 68 on July - 07.  

1348  On this day in history john Andreae, Italian canonist, dies  

1537  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, Italian architect (b. 1507)  

1647  On July - 07 thomas Hooker, clergyman, father of American democracy, dies  

1656  Death of Michelangelo Rossi, Italian opera composer, buried at about 55 on July - 07.  

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

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1694  Dokusho, Zen teacher, Obaku line, dies on this day in history.  

1701  Death of William Stoughton, American judge at the Salem witch trials (b. 1631) on this day in history.  

1713  Death of Henry Compton, Bishop of Oxford and privy councillor (b. 1632) on July - 07.  

1764  Death of William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath, English politician (b. 1683) on this day in history.  

1771  On this day in history thomas Gray, English poet (Elegy), dies at 54  

1773  Cornelis Douwes, Dutch mathematician/astronomer, dies at 60 on July - 07.  

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

1776  Death of Jeremiah Markland, English classical scholar (b. 1693) on July - 07.  

1790  On this day in history franciscus "Frans" Hemsterhuis, Frisian philosopher, dies at 68  

1794  On this day in history pascal Boyer, composer, dies at 51  

1799  William Curtis, English botanist (Botanical Magazine), dies at 53 on July - 07.  

1814  On this day in history 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  Death of Konstantin Batyushkov, Russian poet (b. 1787) on this day in history.  

1861  On July - 07 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  On July - 07 death of yegor Ivanovich Zolotarev, Russian mathematician (b. 1847)  

1885  On this day in history nicola De Giosa, composer, dies at 66  

1889  Giovanni Bottesini, composer, dies at 67 on July - 07.  

1890  On this day in history death of henri Nestlé, Founder of Nestlé S.A. (b. 1814)  

1893  Guy de Maupassant, writer, dies at 42 on this day in history.  

1898  Lucien Petipa, French dancer/choreograph/ballet leader, dies on this day in history.  

1901  Death of Johanna Spyri, Swiss author (b. 1827) on this day in history.  

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1053  Emperor Shirakawa of Japan (d. 1129) was born on July - 07.  

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 July - 07.  

1586  Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel, English statesman (d. 1646) was born on this day in history.  

1656  On July - 07 birth of guru Har Krishan, 8th Guru of Sikhism (d. 1664)  

1690  On this day in history birth of johann Tobias Krebs, composer  

1710  On July - 07 birth of arvid Niclas Hopken, composer  

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