Famous Deaths Happened In August - 05

0882  On this day in history death of king Louis III of France (b. 863)   

1063  On August - 05 death of gruffydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd   

1157  Dirk VI, Count of Holland, dies on this day in history.   

1364  On this day in history death of emperor Kogon of Japan (b. 1313)   

1572  Death of Isaac Luria, Palestinian-born Kabbalist (b. 1534) on August - 05.   

1579  Death of Stanislaus Hosius, Polish Catholic cardinal (b. 1504) on August - 05.   

1610  Death of Alonso García de Ramón, Spanish soldier and twice Royal Governor of Chile on August - 05.   

1644  J Henry Alting, theologist (Statenvertaling), dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1678  On August - 05 death of juan García de Zéspedes, Mexican musician and composer (b. 1619)   

1743  On this day in history death of john Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey, English statesman and writer (b. 1696)   

1778  On this day in history thomas Linley, composer, dies at 22   

1792  Frederick 7th baron North, English premier (1770-82), dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1799  Death of Richard Howe, British admiral (b. 1726) on this day in history.   

1830  On this day in history karl Friedrich Horn, composer, dies at 68   

1834  Gijsbert K van Hogendorp, Dutch min of Foreign affairs, dies at 71 on August - 05.   

1852  On August - 05 frantisek L Celakovsky, Czech slavist/poet, dies at 53   

1856  On August - 05 rubert Lucas Pearsall, composer, dies at 61   

1862  Thomas Williams, US Union brig-general, dies in battle at 47 on August - 05.   

1863  Adolf Friedrich Hesse, composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1864  Griffin A Stedman, Union-brig-gen (Fort Stedman), dies in battle at 26 on August - 05.   

1868  Death of Jacques Boucher de CrèvecÅ“ur de Perthes, French archaeologist (b. 1788) on August - 05.   

1877  Death of Gustavus, Crown Prince of Sweden (b. 1799) on this day in history.   

1880  On August - 05 death of ferdinand Ritter von Hebra, Austrian physician (b. 1816)   

1889  On this day in history willem Ruys J Dz, ship owner, dies at 80   

1891  Henry Charles Litolff, French pianist/componist, dies at 73 on August - 05.   

1895  Friedrich English, German textile manufacturer/marxist, dies on this day in history.   

1900  On this day in history james Augustine Healy, black Roman Catholic bishop, dies at 80   

1901  Victoria, Emperor of Germany/Queen of Prussia, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1907  On this day in history gentil T Antheunis, Flemish poet/music/composer, dies at 66   

1910  On this day in history wojciech Gawronski, composer, dies at 42   

1911  Death of Bob Caruthers, American baseball player (b. 1864) on this day in history.   

1916  George Sainton Kaye Butterworth, composer, dies at 31 on August - 05.   

1923  Death of Vatroslav Jagić, Croatian slavist (b. 1835) on this day in history.   

1925  On August - 05 death of jennie Lee (actor), American actress (b. 1848)   

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1301  On this day in history birth of edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician (d. 1330)   

1397  Guillaume Dufay, Franco-Flemish composer and theorist (d. 1474) was born on this day in history.   

1461  Alexander Jagiellon, Grand Duke of Lithuania (d. 1506) was born on August - 05.   

1540  Joseph Justice Scaliger, proposed Julian dating was born on August - 05.   

1604  On this day in history birth of john Eliot, "Apostle to Indians," Bible translator, baptized   

1607  Philipp Friedrich Boddecker, composer was born on this day in history.   

1623  Antonio Cesti, composer was born on August - 05.   

1624  On August - 05 birth of william, Jamestown Va, 1st black child born in English America