Famous Deaths In October - 01

0290  Death of [Christian] Bacchus, roman soldier/martyred saint, killed on this day in history.   

0540  On October - 01 vedastus St Vaast, 1st bishop of Atrecht/saint, dies   

0552  On October - 01 teja, king of Ostrogoten, dies in battle   

0959  Death of King Edwy of England on this day in history.   

0976  Al-Hakam II, Moors kalief of Cordoba, dies on October - 01.   

1040  On this day in history death of alan III, Duke of Brittany (poisoned) (b. 997)   

1189  Death of Gerard de Ridefort, grandmaster of the Knights Templar on this day in history.   

1310  Death of Beatrice of Burgundy, Lady of Bourbon (b. 1257) on October - 01.   

1404  Boniface IX, [Pietro Tomacelli], Pope (1389-1404), dies on this day in history.   

1499  On October - 01 death of marsilio Ficino, Italian philosopher (b. 1433)   

1500  Death of John Alcock, English Catholic bishop on October - 01.   

1567  Death of Pietro Carnesecchi, Italian humanist (b. 1508) on this day in history.   

1570  Death of Frans Floris, Flemish painter (b. 1520) on October - 01.   

1574  Maarten van Heemskerck, painter (Christ), dies on this day in history.   

1578  On October - 01 don Juan d'Austria, Spanish land guardian of Netherlands, dies at 31   

1588  On this day in history death of blessed Edward James, Catholic martyr   

1602  On this day in history hernando de Cabezon, composer, dies at 61   

1609  On this day in history death of gianmatteo Asola, Italian composer   

1633  On October - 01 filaret, [Fjodor N Romanov], patriarch of Moscow, dies   

1684  On this day in history pierre Corneille, Fr lawyer/dramatist (El Cid, Polyeucte), dies at 42   

1693  Death of Pedro Abarca, Spanish theologian (b. 1619) on this day in history.   

1704  Cornelis Dusart, painter/engraver, dies at 44 on this day in history.   

1708  On this day in history john Blow, composer (Venus & Adonis), dies at 59   

1768  On this day in history robert Simson, Scotland mathematician, dies at 80   

1770  Louis-Gabriel Guillemain, composer, dies at 64 on October - 01.   

1795  Robert Bakewell, English cattle breeder, dies at about 70 on October - 01.   

1814  On October - 01 jakob I van Przysucha, Polish hassidic leader, dies   

1837  Death of Robert Clark, American politician (b. 1777) on this day in history.   

1838  Death of Charles Tennant, Scottish chemist and industrialist (b. 1768) on October - 01.   

1864  John Dunovant, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle on October - 01.   

1868  On October - 01 rama IV, [Phra Chomklao Chaoyuhua], king of Thai (1851-68), dies at 63   

1876  On this day in history henri-Jerome Bertini, composer, dies at 77   

1881  Frantisek Matej Hilmar, composer, dies at 78 on October - 01.   

1901  Abdoer-Rahman, emir of Afghanistan, dies on October - 01.   

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1207  On this day in history birth of henry III, king of England (1216-72)   

1507  Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, Italian architect (d. 1573) was born on this day in history.   

1540  On October - 01 birth of johann Jakob Grynaeus, Swiss Protestant clergyman (d. 1617)   

1549  Anna of H Bartolomaeus, Flemish prioress/founded a nunnery was born on October - 01.   

1577  Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Swiss friar, martyr, and saint (d. 1622) was born on October - 01.   

1620  Nicolaes Pietersz Berchem, Dutch landscape painter/etcher was born on October - 01.   

1644  On October - 01 birth of alessandro Stradella, Italian violinist/composer   

1644  Jean Rousseau, composer was born on October - 01.