Famous Deaths In July - 07

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

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

1307  On this day in history edward I, King of England (1272-1307), dies at 68  

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 this day in history.  

1573  On July - 07 death of giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, Italian architect (b. 1507)  

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  

1694  On July - 07 dokusho, Zen teacher, Obaku line, dies  

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 July - 07.  

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

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 July - 07 giuseppi Maria Carretti, composer, dies at 83  

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

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

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

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

1814  On this day in history robert Jasper van der Capellen, Dutch politician, dies at 71  

1816  On this day in history 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  John Willis Ellis, US governor of NC (1858-61), dies on July - 07.  

1865  On July - 07 death of mary Surratt, & 3 other Lincoln conspirators, hanged  

1878  Death of Yegor Ivanovich Zolotarev, Russian mathematician (b. 1847) on July - 07.  

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

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

1890  Death of Henri Nestlé, Founder of Nestlé S.A. (b. 1814) on July - 07.  

1893  On July - 07 guy de Maupassant, writer, dies at 42  

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

1901  Death of Johanna Spyri, Swiss author (b. 1827) on July - 07.  

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1053  On this day in history birth of emperor Shirakawa of Japan (d. 1129)  

1119  Emperor Sutoku of Japan (d. 1164) was born on July - 07.  

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  Guru Har Krishan, 8th Guru of Sikhism (d. 1664) was born on this day in history.  

1690  Johann Tobias Krebs, composer was born on July - 07.  

1710  Arvid Niclas Hopken, composer was born on this day in history.  

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