Famous Deaths Happened In August - 05

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

1063  On this day in history death of gruffydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd   

1157  On August - 05 dirk VI, Count of Holland, dies   

1364  On August - 05 death of emperor Kogon of Japan (b. 1313)   

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

1579  On August - 05 death of stanislaus Hosius, Polish Catholic cardinal (b. 1504)   

1610  On this day in history death of alonso García de Ramón, Spanish soldier and twice Royal Governor of Chile   

1644  On August - 05 j Henry Alting, theologist (Statenvertaling), dies at 61   

1678  Death of Juan García de Zéspedes, Mexican musician and composer (b. 1619) on August - 05.   

1743  On August - 05 death of john Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey, English statesman and writer (b. 1696)   

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

1792  On August - 05 frederick 7th baron North, English premier (1770-82), dies at 60   

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

1830  Karl Friedrich Horn, composer, dies at 68 on August - 05.   

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

1852  On this day in history frantisek L Celakovsky, Czech slavist/poet, dies at 53   

1856  Rubert Lucas Pearsall, composer, dies at 61 on August - 05.   

1862  Thomas Williams, US Union brig-general, dies in battle at 47 on this day in history.   

1863  On August - 05 adolf Friedrich Hesse, composer, dies at 53   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1889  Willem Ruys J Dz, ship owner, dies at 80 on August - 05.   

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

1895  Friedrich English, German textile manufacturer/marxist, dies on August - 05.   

1900  James Augustine Healy, black Roman Catholic bishop, dies at 80 on August - 05.   

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

1907  On August - 05 gentil T Antheunis, Flemish poet/music/composer, dies at 66   

1910  On August - 05 wojciech Gawronski, composer, dies at 42   

1911  On this day in history death of bob Caruthers, American baseball player (b. 1864)   

1916  On August - 05 george Sainton Kaye Butterworth, composer, dies at 31   

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  Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician (d. 1330) was born on this day in history.   

1397  On August - 05 birth of guillaume Dufay, Franco-Flemish composer and theorist (d. 1474)   

1461  On this day in history birth of alexander Jagiellon, Grand Duke of Lithuania (d. 1506)   

1540  On August - 05 birth of joseph Justice Scaliger, proposed Julian dating   

1604  John Eliot, "Apostle to Indians," Bible translator, baptized was born on this day in history.   

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

1623  Antonio Cesti, composer was born on this day in history.   

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