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Deaths on August 01

1378 : Jan I V van Arkel, bishop of Utrecht/Luik, dies
1523 : Hendrik Voes, Flemish priest/church reformer, burned at stake
1523 : John of Esschen, Flemish priest/church reformer, burned at stake
1589 : Christophe Plantin, French/Belgian book publisher, dies
1592 : Marc A Ingegneri, Italian violinist/composer (Responsoria), dies
1627 : Nathaniel Bacon, English painter, dies at 41
1662 : Simon Ives, composer, dies at 61
1691 : Marc'Antonio Pasqualini, composer, dies at 77
1723 : Willem van de Pose, gov of Cape Colony (1699-1797), dies at about 59
1742 : Bohuslav Matej Czernohorsky, Czech monk/composer, dies at 58
1774 : Henry Fox Holland, English corrupt politician, dies at 68
1776 : Francis Salvador, 1st Jew to die in American Revolutionary War
1782 : Charles Watson-Wentworth 2nd marquis of Rockingham, does at 52
1784 : Wilhelm Friedmann Bach, composer (Sinfonias 64), dies at 73
1805 : Georg Ritschel, composer, dies at 60
1839 : Mahmud II, sultan of Turkey (1808-39), dies at 53
1847 : George F Kersting, German painter, dies at 61
1863 : John Fulton Reynolds, Union general-major, dies in battle at 42
1883 : Manuel Gregorio Tavarez, composer, dies at 39
1885 : Hermann von Fehling, German chemist (Fehling's reagens), dies at 73
1894 : Julius PJA van Nyevelt, Dutch min of Foreign affairs, dies at 77
1896 : Harriet Beecher Stowe, US author (Uncle Tom's Cabin), dies at 85
1910 : Marius Petipa, Fren ballet dancer/choreographer (Casse-noisette), dies
1916 : William Booth, cricketer (WW I 2 Tests for England 1913-14), dies
1922 : Giovanni Verga, Italian writer (I mala voglia), dies at 81
1925 : Erik Alfred Leslie Satie, French composer (Dreamy Fish), dies at 59
1925 : Jan P Veth, Dutch painter/lithographer/art historian, dies at 61
1939 : Louis Davids [Simon David], cabaret performer/chorus performer, dies
1943 : Auguste Reitsma, Dutch resistance fighter (census director), executed
1943 : C Bakker, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed
1943 : C L Barentsen, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed
1943 : Coos Hartogh, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed
1943 : Cor Roos, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed
1943 : Henri Halberstadt, Dutch resistance fighter (census dir), executed
1943 : Johan Brouwer, hispanist/writer/Dutch resistance fighter, executed
1943 : Karl Gr”ger, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed
1943 : Koen Limperg, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed
1943 : Sam Bloemgarten, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed
1943 : Willem Arondeus, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed
1943 : Willem Brouwer, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed
1944 : Carl Mayer, actor (Dreaming Lips, Ariane, Sunrise), dies at 49
1947 : Clarence Lucas, composer, dies at 80
1949 : Louis Davids, [Simon David], cabaret artist, dies at 65
1950 : Edward Faber Schneider, composer, dies at 77
1950 : Eliel Saarinen, Fins/US architect (Chicago Trib building), dies at 76
1953 : Azzedine Bey, Tunisian heir to the throne, murdered
1953 : Jacob D du Toit [Totius], South African poet/theologist, dies
1958 : Apie [Adrian P] Prince, Dutch writer (I Go Me Own Way), dies
1958 : Harry Nicholls Holmes, Dr (crystallized vitamin A), dies at 78
1958 : Rudolf von Laban, Czech/Ger choreographer (modern dance), dies at 78
1963 : Camille Chautemps, premier France, dies
1964 : Pierre Monteux, French/US conductor (Concert Bldg Orch), dies at 89
1965 : Claude Thornhill, composer, dies at 55
1965 : Wally Hammond, S African cricketer (7,249 runs for England), dies
1968 : Dick Young, cricketer (England wicketkeeper v Aust 1907-08), dies
1968 : Virginia Weidler, actress (All This & Heaven Too), dies at 42
1971 : Lord Learie Constantine, WI cricketer (all-rounder & fielder), dies
1973 : Mario La Broca, composer, dies at 76
1974 : Juan D Per¢n, president of Argentina (1946-55, 73-74), dies at 78
1979 : Richard Ward, actor (Beacon Hill), dies at 64
1980 : Charles Percy Snow, British writer (Friends & Associates), dies at 75
1981 : George Voskovec, actor (Fred-Nero Wolfe, Peter-Skag), dies at 76
1982 : John Everett Watts, composer, dies at 51
1982 : Shon Coco Palm, [Jacobo JM Palm], Cura‡an composer, dies
1982 : Vera [A Veronica] Bondam, actress, dies at 86
1983 : R Buckminster Fuller, inventor/philosopher, dies in LA at 87
1986 : Roy Poole, actor (Winds of War), dies at 62
1988 : Hellmuth Christian Wolff, composer, dies at 82
1988 : Lex van Delden, Dutch composer/writer, dies at 68
1989 : William Ching, actor (Moonlighter, Terror in Haunted House), dies
1990 : Anna Palk, actress (Play it Cool, Frozen Dead), dies of cancer at 48
1990 : Jurriaan Schrofer, graphic designer, dies
1991 : Joost Baljeu, painter/founder-editor Structure, dies
1991 : Michael Landon, actor (Bonanza, Hwy to Heaven), dies of cancer at 54
1992 : Franco Cristaldi, Italian producer (Amarcord), dies
1994 : Johanna Ader-Appels, resistance fighter/author, dies
1995 : Bruce Mitchell, S Afr cricketer (leading Test scorer with 3471), dies
1995 : Ronald Farrow, radio producer/priest, dies at 49
1995 : Wolfman Jack, disc jockey (Midnight Special), dies at 57
1996 : Alfred Marks, actor (Fanny Hill, Desert Mice), dies at 75
1996 : Margaux Hemmingway, actress (Lipstick), dies at 41
1996 : Richard Michael Fraser, political administrator, dies at 80
1996 : Steve Tesich, screenwriter/playwright, dies at 53
1997 : Joshua Hassan, head of Gibraltar (1964-69, 72-87), dies
1997 : Robert Mitchum, actor (Winds of War), dies at 79

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