Famous Deaths Happened In August - 05

0882  Death of King Louis III of France (b. 863) on this day in history.   

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

1157  On this day in history dirk VI, Count of Holland, dies   

1364  Death of Emperor Kogon of Japan (b. 1313) on this day in history.   

1572  On this day in history death of isaac Luria, Palestinian-born Kabbalist (b. 1534)   

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

1610  On August - 05 death of alonso García de Ramón, Spanish soldier and twice Royal Governor of Chile   

1644  On this day in history j Henry Alting, theologist (Statenvertaling), dies at 61   

1678  Death of Juan García de Zéspedes, Mexican musician and composer (b. 1619) on this day in history.   

1743  Death of John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey, English statesman and writer (b. 1696) on this day in history.   

1778  On August - 05 thomas Linley, composer, dies at 22   

1792  Frederick 7th baron North, English premier (1770-82), dies at 60 on August - 05.   

1799  On August - 05 death of richard Howe, British admiral (b. 1726)   

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 this day in history.   

1852  Frantisek L Celakovsky, Czech slavist/poet, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1856  On this day in history 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 August - 05.   

1864  On August - 05 griffin A Stedman, Union-brig-gen (Fort Stedman), dies in battle at 26   

1868  Death of Jacques Boucher de CrèvecÅ“ur de Perthes, French archaeologist (b. 1788) on this day in history.   

1877  Death of Gustavus, Crown Prince of Sweden (b. 1799) on August - 05.   

1880  Death of Ferdinand Ritter von Hebra, Austrian physician (b. 1816) on August - 05.   

1889  On August - 05 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  James Augustine Healy, black Roman Catholic bishop, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history death of bob Caruthers, American baseball player (b. 1864)   

1916  George Sainton Kaye Butterworth, composer, dies at 31 on this day in history.   

1923  Death of Vatroslav Jagić, Croatian slavist (b. 1835) on August - 05.   

1925  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of guillaume Dufay, Franco-Flemish composer and theorist (d. 1474)   

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

1540  On this day in history birth of joseph Justice Scaliger, proposed Julian dating   

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 this day in history.   

1624  William, Jamestown Va, 1st black child born in English America was born on this day in history.