Famous Deaths In August - 07

0461  Death of Majorian, Roman Emperor (assassinated) (b. 420) on this day in history.   

0479  On this day in history death of emperor YÅ«ryaku of Japan   

1033  On this day in history death of frederick II, duke of Upper Lorraine   

1106  On August - 07 henry IV, Roman German king/emperor (1056/84-1105), dies at 54   

1485  Death of Alexander Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany, Scottish prince on this day in history.   

1547  On this day in history cajetanus van Thiene, Italian saint, dies   

1609  Eustache du Caurroy, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1613  Death of Thomas Fleming, English judge (b. 1544) on August - 07.   

1616  On this day in history vincenzo Scamozzi, Ital architect (Procurazie Nuove, Venice), dies   

1635  On this day in history death of friedrich von Spee, German writer (b. 1591)   

1639  Death of Martin van den Hove, Dutch scientist (b. 1605) on this day in history.   

1657  On August - 07 robert Blake, English admiral (Dover, Dungeness), dies at about 57   

1661  Death of Jin Shengtan, Chinese editor, writer and critic (b. 1608) on this day in history.   

1712  On August - 07 friederich Wilhelm Zachow, composer, dies at 48   

1786  Friedrich Schwindl, composer, dies at 49 on this day in history.   

1798  Johann Gottlieb Sollner, composer, dies at 65 on August - 07.   

1799  John Bacon, English sculptor, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1816  Dionysius G van der Keessel, Dut lawyer (Theses selectae), dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1817  On this day in history death of pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, French industrialist (b. 1739)   

1834  Death of Joseph Marie Jacquard, French weaver and inventor (b. 1752) on August - 07.   

1846  Johann Christian Heinrich Rinck, composer, dies at 76 on August - 07.   

1848  Death of Jöns Jakob Berzelius, Swedish chemist (b. 1779) on this day in history.   

1855  Death of Mariano Arista, President of Mexico (b. 1802) on this day in history.   

1864  On August - 07 death of li Xiucheng, late Taiping‘s Field Marshal and soul person.(b. 1823)   

1867  Ira F Aldridge, US actor (Othello/Shylock), dies in Lodes Poland at 63 on this day in history.   

1885  On this day in history antony EJ Modderman, Dutch minister of Justice (1879-83), dies at 46   

1893  Alfredo Catalani, composer, dies at 39 on this day in history.   

1912  On August - 07 death of françois-Alphonse Forel, Swiss hydrologist (b. 1841)   

1913  David Popper, composer, dies at 70 on August - 07.   

1914  B B (Bransby) Cooper, cricketer (Test for Australia), dies on this day in history.   

1916  On August - 07 charles E Manning, Australian judge/major, dies in battle at 36   

1917  Death of Squadron Commander E.H. Dunning, first pilot to land his aircraft on a moving ship. (b. 1891) on this day in history.   

1921  On this day in history alexander A Block, Russian poet (Dvenatsat), dies at 40   

1923  Hendrik Pierson, Dutch theologist (H Pierson Foundation), dies at 89 on this day in history.   

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1282  Princess Elizabeth of Rhuddlan (d. 1316) was born on this day in history.   

1533  Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga, Basque soldier and poet (d. 1595) was born on August - 07.   

1560  Elizabeth Báthory, Hungarian countess and serial killer (d. 1614) was born on this day in history.   

1574  Robert Dudley, styled Earl of Warwick, English writer (d. 1649) was born on August - 07.   

1598  Georg Stiernhielm, "father of Swedish poetry" (Hercules) was born on this day in history.   

1726  On August - 07 birth of james Bowdoin, American Revolutionary leader and politician (d. 1790)   

1742  Nathanael Greene, American Revoluntionary War General was born on August - 07.   

1746  Daniel W Wyttenbach, Dutch classical/historian was born on this day in history.