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 July - 07.  

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

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

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  On July - 07 death of thomas Baltzar, German violinist  

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

1701  Death of William Stoughton, American judge at the Salem witch trials (b. 1631) on July - 07.  

1713  On this day in history death of henry Compton, Bishop of Oxford and privy councillor (b. 1632)  

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

1771  On July - 07 thomas Gray, English poet (Elegy), dies at 54  

1773  On July - 07 cornelis Douwes, Dutch mathematician/astronomer, dies at 60  

1774  Giuseppi Maria Carretti, composer, dies at 83 on this day in history.  

1776  On this day in history death of jeremiah Markland, English classical scholar (b. 1693)  

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

1794  On July - 07 pascal Boyer, composer, dies at 51  

1799  William Curtis, English botanist (Botanical Magazine), dies at 53 on this day in history.  

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

1816  Death of Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Irish playwright and politician (b. 1751) on July - 07.  

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

1855  On this day in history death of konstantin Batyushkov, Russian poet (b. 1787)  

1861  John Willis Ellis, US governor of NC (1858-61), dies on this day in history.  

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

1878  On July - 07 death of yegor Ivanovich Zolotarev, Russian mathematician (b. 1847)  

1885  On July - 07 nicola De Giosa, composer, dies at 66  

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 this day in history 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 July - 07 birth of emperor Shirakawa of Japan (d. 1129)  

1119  On July - 07 birth of emperor Sutoku of Japan (d. 1164)  

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 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 this day in history.  

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