Famous Deaths Happened In August - 01

0527  Justinus I, Byzantine emperor (518-27), dies on this day in history.   

1137  On this day in history louis VI, King of France, dies (1108-37)   

1190  On this day in history floris III, Count of Holland, dies   

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 August - 01.   

1541  Death of Simon Grynaeus, German theologian (b. 1493) on August - 01.   

1546  Death of Peter Faber, French Jesuit theologian (b. 1506) on this day in history.   

1557  On this day in history death of olaus Magnus, Swedish writer (b. 1490)   

1580  Death of Albrecht Giese, German politician and diplomat (b. 1524) on this day in history.   

1589  Death of Jacques Clément, French assassin of Henry III of France (b. 1567) on this day in history.   

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

1667  On this day in history 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  Death of Robert Pigot, British army officer (b. 1720) on this day in history.   

1798  On August - 01 death of françois-Paul Brueys D'Aigalliers, French admiral (killed in battle) (b. 1753)   

1805  On this day in history friedrich Christoph Gebtewitz, composer, dies at 51   

1812  On August - 01 death of yakov Kulnev, Russian general (killed in battle) (b. 1763)   

1813  Carl Stenborg, composer, dies at 60 on August - 01.   

1821  Elizabeth Inchbald (Simpson), actress/author (Lady Abbess), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history death of william Joseph Behr, German writer (b. 1775)   

1857  On August - 01 charles Turner, engraver, dies   

1866  Death of John Ross (aka. Kooweskoowe), Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation (b. 1790) on August - 01.   

1882  Henry Clarence Kendall, Australian poet, dies of tuberculosis at 43 on this day in history.   

1883  On this day in history karl Wilhelm Dindorf, classic scholar, dies   

1884  Heinrich Laube, writer, dies on this day in history.   

1902  On August - 01 ludwig Beckmann, painter, dies   

1911  Konrad Duden, German linguist (Das, grosse Duden Lexicon), dies on August - 01.   

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1313  Emperor Kogon of Japan (d. 1364) was born on August - 01.   

1322  On this day in history birth of peter van Herenthals, South Netherlands theologist/church historian   

1377  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (d. 1433)   

1495  Jan Scorel, Dutch painter/architect was born on August - 01.   

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

1545  Andrew Melville, Scottish theologian and religious reformer (d. 1622) was born on August - 01.   

1555  On this day in history birth of edward Kelley, English spirit medium (d. 1597)   

1579  On August - 01 birth of luís Vélez de Guevara, Spanish writer (d. 1644)