Famous Deaths In August - 05

0882  On August - 05 death of king Louis III of France (b. 863)   

1063  On August - 05 death of gruffydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd   

1157  Dirk VI, Count of Holland, dies on August - 05.   

1364  On this day in history death of emperor Kogon of Japan (b. 1313)   

1572  Death of Isaac Luria, Palestinian-born Kabbalist (b. 1534) on August - 05.   

1579  On August - 05 death of stanislaus Hosius, Polish Catholic cardinal (b. 1504)   

1610  Death of Alonso García de Ramón, Spanish soldier and twice Royal Governor of Chile on this day in history.   

1644  On August - 05 j Henry Alting, theologist (Statenvertaling), dies at 61   

1678  On this day in history death of juan García de Zéspedes, Mexican musician and composer (b. 1619)   

1743  Death of John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey, English statesman and writer (b. 1696) on August - 05.   

1778  On August - 05 thomas Linley, composer, dies at 22   

1792  On August - 05 frederick 7th baron North, English premier (1770-82), dies at 60   

1799  On this day in history death of richard Howe, British admiral (b. 1726)   

1830  On this day in history karl Friedrich Horn, composer, dies at 68   

1834  Gijsbert K van Hogendorp, Dutch min of Foreign affairs, dies at 71 on August - 05.   

1852  On this day in history frantisek L Celakovsky, Czech slavist/poet, dies at 53   

1856  On this day in history rubert Lucas Pearsall, composer, dies at 61   

1862  On this day in history thomas Williams, US Union brig-general, dies in battle at 47   

1863  On this day in history adolf Friedrich Hesse, composer, dies at 53   

1864  On this day in history griffin A Stedman, Union-brig-gen (Fort Stedman), dies in battle at 26   

1868  On August - 05 death of jacques Boucher de CrèvecÅ“ur de Perthes, French archaeologist (b. 1788)   

1877  Death of Gustavus, Crown Prince of Sweden (b. 1799) on August - 05.   

1880  Death of Ferdinand Ritter von Hebra, Austrian physician (b. 1816) on this day in history.   

1889  Willem Ruys J Dz, ship owner, dies at 80 on August - 05.   

1891  On August - 05 henry Charles Litolff, French pianist/componist, dies at 73   

1895  On this day in history friedrich English, German textile manufacturer/marxist, dies   

1900  On August - 05 james Augustine Healy, black Roman Catholic bishop, dies at 80   

1901  On August - 05 victoria, Emperor of Germany/Queen of Prussia, dies at 60   

1907  Gentil T Antheunis, Flemish poet/music/composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1910  On this day in history wojciech Gawronski, composer, dies at 42   

1911  On this day in history death of bob Caruthers, American baseball player (b. 1864)   

1916  George Sainton Kaye Butterworth, composer, dies at 31 on this day in history.   

1923  Death of Vatroslav Jagić, Croatian slavist (b. 1835) on August - 05.   

1925  On this day in history death of jennie Lee (actor), American actress (b. 1848)   

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1301  Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician (d. 1330) was born on this day in history.   

1397  Guillaume Dufay, Franco-Flemish composer and theorist (d. 1474) was born on August - 05.   

1461  On August - 05 birth of alexander Jagiellon, Grand Duke of Lithuania (d. 1506)   

1540  Joseph Justice Scaliger, proposed Julian dating was born on August - 05.   

1604  On August - 05 birth of john Eliot, "Apostle to Indians," Bible translator, baptized   

1607  On this day in history birth of philipp Friedrich Boddecker, composer   

1623  Antonio Cesti, composer was born on this day in history.   

1624  William, Jamestown Va, 1st black child born in English America was born on this day in history.