Famous Deaths In August - 01

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

1137  Louis VI, King of France, dies (1108-37) on August - 01.   

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

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

1402  Death of Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, son of Edward III of England (b. 1341) on August - 01.   

1457  Laurentius Valla, Italian philosopher (Voluptate), dies at about 50 on this day in history.   

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

1541  On August - 01 death of simon Grynaeus, German theologian (b. 1493)   

1546  Death of Peter Faber, French Jesuit theologian (b. 1506) on August - 01.   

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

1580  On August - 01 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  Paul Foot, lawyer/historian, dies at 48 on this day in history.   

1714  On this day in history anne Stuart, queen of England (1702-14), dies at about 49   

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

1787  On August - 01 alfonsus M de' Liguori, Italian theologist/bishop/saint, dies at 90   

1796  On August - 01 death of robert Pigot, British army officer (b. 1720)   

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

1805  Friedrich Christoph Gebtewitz, composer, dies at 51 on August - 01.   

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

1813  On this day in history carl Stenborg, composer, dies at 60   

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

1834  Robert Morrison, missionary in China/translated bible, dies on this day in history.   

1837  On August - 01 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 this day in history 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  Henry Clarence Kendall, Australian poet, dies of tuberculosis at 43 on August - 01.   

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

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

1902  Ludwig Beckmann, painter, dies on this day in history.   

1911  Konrad Duden, German linguist (Das, grosse Duden Lexicon), dies on this day in history.   

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1313  On this day in history birth of emperor Kogon of Japan (d. 1364)   

1322  Peter van Herenthals, South Netherlands theologist/church historian was born on August - 01.   

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

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

1520  On August - 01 birth of sigismund II Augustus, King of Poland (1548-72)   

1545  Andrew Melville, Scottish theologian and religious reformer (d. 1622) was born on this day in history.   

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

1579  Luís Vélez de Guevara, Spanish writer (d. 1644) was born on this day in history.