Famous deaths for this day .. 0548 - Theodora, dancer/empress of Byzantine (Nika-oproer), dies 0573 - Alboin, king of Longobarden, probably poisoned by his wife 0767 - Paul I, [Paolo Orsini?], Italian Pope (757-67), dies 1061 - Floris I, count of Holland, dies 1385 - Andronicus IV Paleologus, Byzantine anti-emperor, dies 1598 - Abraham Ortelius, [Ortels/Hortels], South Neth geographer, dies at 71 1617 - Johan Evertsen de Captain, Swiss admiral, dies in battle 1714 - Cornelis Chastelein, colonial director, dies at 56 1714 - Daniel van Papenbroeck, Flemish jesuit/historian, dies at 86 1742 - Johann Joseph Ignaz Brentner, composer, dies at 52 1748 - Marretje Arends, [Matje of Nieuwendijk], Amsterdam plunderer, hanged 1748 - Pieter van Dort, Amsterdam plunderer, hanged 1776 - Thomas Hickey, American sergeant convicted of treason, hanged 1788 - Johann Christoph Vogel, composer, dies at 32 1798 - Pierre Dutillieu, composer, dies at 44 1802 - Johann J Angel, German author/director, dies at 60 1806 - Johann Friedrich Ludwig Sievers, composer, dies at 64 1813 - Gerhard JD von Scharnhorst, Prus min of War (1807-10), dies in battle 1830 - David Walker, abolitionist (Appeal to Colored Citizens), dies at 44 1836 - James Madison, 4th US pres (1809-17), dies in Montpelier Va at 85 1844 - Gabriel de la Concepci¢n Vald‚s, "Placido", Cuban poet, dies at 35 1846 - Adrian van de Ende, vicar/protestant reformer, dies at 77 1855 - Giovanni Agostino Perotti, composer, dies at 86 1857 - Joseph Fischhof, composer, dies at 53 1872 - Ludwig Friedrich Hetsch, composer, dies at 66 1876 - August W Ambros, Austria musicologist, dies at 59 1889 - Maria Mitchell, 1st US woman astronomer (Vassar), dies at 70 1890 - Edouard Gregoir, composer, dies at 67 1891 - Jose Inzenga y Castellanos, composer, dies at 63 1909 - Israel Durham, Phillies president dies 1910 - Gustave Leon Huberti, composer, dies at 67 1912 - Josef V Sl dek, Czech poet (Za soumraku), dies at 66 1914 - Franz Ferdinand, Austrian archduke (Sarajevo, Bosnia), assassinated 1914 - Sophie, Princess of Austria, assassinated 1915 - Victor Trumper, cricketer (48 Tests for Australia, 3163 runs), dies 1937 - Max Adler, Austrian socialist theorist, dies at 64 1940 - Italo Balbo, Italian pilot/gov-gen of Libya, dies at 44 1946 - Eduard Veterman, Dutch painter/playwright, dies in an auto accident 1947 - Stanislav K Neumann, Czech poet (Anti-Guide), dies at 72 1950 - Henry Balfour Gardiner, composer, dies at 72 1954 - Red deer, in Milwaukee Zoo, oldest known deer, dies at 26 1957 - Alfred D”blin, German/French author/co-founder (Sturm), dies at 78 1957 - Ede Poldini, composer, dies at 88 1958 - Alfred Noyes, British poet/essayist (Robin Hood), dies at 77
Posted on: Fri, 28 Jun 2013 07:02:24 +0000
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