Famous Deaths Happened In August - 03
Friday, 02 January 2026
0808 P'ang Yun, [Layman P'ang], Exemplary Zen practitioner, dies in China on this day in history. 

1387 Olaf V Haakonsson, King of Denmark (1376-87)/Norway (1380-87), dies on August - 03. 

1460 Death of King James II of Scotland (b. 1430) on August - 03. 

1527 On this day in history death of scaramuccia Trivulzio, Italian cardinal 

1530 On August - 03 philibert Chalon, prince of Orange/viceroy of Naples, dies 

1546 On August - 03 death of antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Italian architect (b. 1484) 

1604 On August - 03 death of bernardino de Mendoza, Spanish military commander 

1621 Death of Guillaume du Vair, French writer (b. 1556) on August - 03. 

1667 On August - 03 death of francesco Borromini, Swiss sculptor and architect (b. 1599) 

1712 Death of Joshua Barnes, English scholar (b. 1654) on August - 03. 

1716 On this day in history sebastian Duron, composer, dies at 56 

1720 Death of Anthonie Heinsius, Dutch statesman (b. 1641) on August - 03. 

1721 Death of Grinling Gibbons, Dutch-born woodcarver (b. 1648) on August - 03. 

1761 Death of Johann Matthias Gesner, German classical scholar (b. 1691) on August - 03. 

1773 On this day in history death of stanisław Konarski, Polish writer (b. 1700) 

1779 On this day in history henry Kobell, Dutch painter/cartoonist, dies at 27 

1780 On this day in history etienne B de Condillac, French philosopher (sensualism), dies at 64 

1784 Giovanni Battista Martini, composer, dies at 78 on August - 03. 

1792 Death of Richard Arkwright, English industrialist and inventor (b. 1732) on this day in history. 

1797 Jeffrey Amherst, English gov-gen of America, dies at 80 on August - 03. 

1800 Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, composer, dies at 63 on August - 03. 

1802 On this day in history henry DFL, prince of Prussia/general/diplomat, dies 

1805 Death of Christopher Anstey, English writer (b. 1724) on this day in history. 

1811 Sebastiaan C Nederburgh, Dutch dir-gen of East Indies Co, dies at 49 on this day in history. 

1823 On this day in history jacob A Uitenhage de Mist, Dutch politician/colonial dir, dies at 74 

1825 On this day in history ambrogio Minoja, composer, dies at 72 

1833 Stoffel Muller, Dutch sect leader, dies on this day in history. 

1835 On August - 03 wenzel Muller, composer, dies at 67 

1839 On August - 03 death of dorothea von Schlegel, German novelist (b. 1763) 

1857 Death of Eugène Sue, French novelist (b. 1804) on August - 03. 

1867 On this day in history death of philipp August Böckh, German scholar and antiquarian (b. 1785) 

1877 On this day in history karl Georg Lickl, composer, dies at 75 

1879 On August - 03 death of joseph Severn, English painter (b. 1793) 

1886 Per August Olander, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history. 

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