Famous Deaths In August - 01

0527  Justinus I, Byzantine emperor (518-27), dies on August - 01.   

1137  On August - 01 louis VI, King of France, dies (1108-37)   

1190  Floris III, Count of Holland, dies on August - 01.   

1227  Death of Shimazu Tadahisa, Japanese warlord (b. 1179) on August - 01.   

1402  On this day in history death of edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, son of Edward III of England (b. 1341)   

1457  On this day in history laurentius Valla, Italian philosopher (Voluptate), dies at about 50   

1464  Death of Cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1386) on this day in history.   

1541  Death of Simon Grynaeus, German theologian (b. 1493) on this day in history.   

1546  On this day in history death of peter Faber, French Jesuit theologian (b. 1506)   

1557  Death of Olaus Magnus, Swedish writer (b. 1490) on August - 01.   

1580  On this day in history death of albrecht Giese, German politician and diplomat (b. 1524)   

1589  On August - 01 death of jacques Clément, French assassin of Henry III of France (b. 1567)   

1628  On this day in history francesco Gonzaga, composer, dies at 37   

1667  On August - 01 paul Foot, lawyer/historian, dies at 48   

1714  Anne Stuart, queen of England (1702-14), dies at about 49 on this day in history.   

1743  Richard Savage, English poet/playwright, dies at about 46 on August - 01.   

1787  Alfonsus M de' Liguori, Italian theologist/bishop/saint, dies at 90 on August - 01.   

1796  On this day in history death of robert Pigot, British army officer (b. 1720)   

1798  On this day in history death of françois-Paul Brueys D'Aigalliers, French admiral (killed in battle) (b. 1753)   

1805  On August - 01 friedrich Christoph Gebtewitz, composer, dies at 51   

1812  On this day in history death of yakov Kulnev, Russian general (killed in battle) (b. 1763)   

1813  Carl Stenborg, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1821  On this day in history elizabeth Inchbald (Simpson), actress/author (Lady Abbess), dies at 68   

1834  On this day in history robert Morrison, missionary in China/translated bible, dies   

1837  On this day in history walter Geikie, painter, dies   

1846  Peter Ritter, composer, dies at 83 on August - 01.   

1851  Death of William Joseph Behr, German writer (b. 1775) on this day in history.   

1857  On August - 01 charles Turner, engraver, dies   

1866  On this day in history death of john Ross (aka. Kooweskoowe), Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation (b. 1790)   

1882  On this day in history henry Clarence Kendall, Australian poet, dies of tuberculosis at 43   

1883  On August - 01 karl Wilhelm Dindorf, classic scholar, dies   

1884  On this day in history heinrich Laube, writer, dies   

1902  Ludwig Beckmann, painter, dies on August - 01.   

1911  On August - 01 konrad Duden, German linguist (Das, grosse Duden Lexicon), dies   

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1313  On August - 01 birth of emperor Kogon of Japan (d. 1364)   

1322  Peter van Herenthals, South Netherlands theologist/church historian was born on this day in history.   

1377  Emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (d. 1433) was born on August - 01.   

1495  On August - 01 birth of jan Scorel, Dutch painter/architect   

1520  Sigismund II Augustus, King of Poland (1548-72) was born on this day in history.   

1545  On this day in history birth of andrew Melville, Scottish theologian and religious reformer (d. 1622)   

1555  Edward Kelley, English spirit medium (d. 1597) was born on this day in history.   

1579  Luís Vélez de Guevara, Spanish writer (d. 1644) was born on August - 01.