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 July - 07.   

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

1348  John Andreae, Italian canonist, dies on this day in history.   

1537  On this day in history death of madeleine de Valois, queen of James V of Scotland (b. 1520)   

1572  On this day in history sigismund II August, last Jagellonen king of Poland, dies at 51   

1573  Death of Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, Italian architect (b. 1507) on this day in history.   

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

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

1663  Death of Thomas Baltzar, German violinist on July - 07.   

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

1701  On July - 07 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  Death of William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath, English politician (b. 1683) on July - 07.   

1771  Thomas Gray, English poet (Elegy), dies at 54 on this day in history.   

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

1774  Giuseppi Maria Carretti, composer, dies at 83 on July - 07.   

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 this day in history william Curtis, English botanist (Botanical Magazine), dies at 53   

1814  Robert Jasper van der Capellen, Dutch politician, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1816  On this day in history death of richard Brinsley Sheridan, Irish playwright and politician (b. 1751)   

1826  On this day in history friedrich Ludwig Dulon, flautist/composer, dies at 56   

1855  Death of Konstantin Batyushkov, Russian poet (b. 1787) on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history death of yegor Ivanovich Zolotarev, Russian mathematician (b. 1847)   

1885  Nicola De Giosa, composer, dies at 66 on July - 07.   

1889  On this day in history 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 July - 07 guy de Maupassant, writer, dies at 42   

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

1901  On this day in history death of johanna Spyri, Swiss author (b. 1827)   

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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 this day in history.   

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

1656  Guru Har Krishan, 8th Guru of Sikhism (d. 1664) was born on July - 07.   

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

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

1746  On July - 07 birth of ludwig Wenzel Lachnith, composer