1183. 1216 – john, king of england died of dysentery at newark castle on 19 october 1216. 1270 – louis ix of france died of dysentery in tunis while commanding his troops for the eighth crusade on 25 august 1270. 1307 – edward i of england caught dysentery on his way to the scottish border and died in his servants' arms on 7 july 1307. 1322 – philip v of france died of dysentery at the abbey of longchamp (site of the present hippodrome in the bois de boulogne) in paris while visiting his daughter, booty, who had taken her vows as a nun there in 1322. he died on 3 january 1322. 1376 – edward the black prince son of edward iii of england and heir to the english throne. died of apparent dysentery in june, after a months-long period of illness during which he predicted his own imminent death, in his 46th year. 1422 – king henry v of england died suddenly on 31 august 1422 at the château de vincennes, apparently from dysentery, which he had contracted during the siege of meaux. he was 35 years old and had reigned for nine years. 1536 – erasmus, dutch renaissance humanist and theologian. at basel. 1596 – sir francis drake, vice admiral, died of dysentery on 28 january 1596 whilst anchored off the coast of portobelo. 1605 – akbar, ruler of the mughal empire of south asia, died of dysentery. on 3 october 1605, he fell ill with an attack of dysentery, from which he never recovered. he is believed to have died on or about 27 october 1605, after which his body was buried at a mausoleum in agra, present-day india. 1675 – jacques marquette died of dysentery on his way north from what is today chicago, traveling to the mission where he intended to spend the rest of his life. 1676 – nathaniel bacon died of dysentery after taking control of virginia following bacon's rebellion. he is believed to have died in october 1676, allowing virginia's ruling elite to regain control. 1680 - shivaji, founder and ruler of the maratha empire of south asia, died of dysentery on 3 april 1680. in 1680, shivaji fell ill with fever and dysentery, dying around 3–5 april 1680 at the age of 52 on the eve of hanuman jayanti. he was cremated at raigad fort, where his samadhi is built in mahad, raigad district of maharashtra, india. 1827 – queen nandi kabhebhe, (mother of shaka zulu) died of dysentery on 10 october 1827.allied prisoners of war with dysentery in a japanese camp in thailand in 1943 1873 – david livingstone, died of dysentery on 1 may 1873. 1896 – phan đình phùng, a vietnamese revolutionary who led rebel armies against french colonial forces in vietnam, died of dysentery as the french surrounded his forces on 21 january 1896. 1910 – luo yixiu, first wife of mao zedong died of dysentery on 11 february 1910. she was 20 years old. 1930 – the french explorer and writer, michel vieuchange, died of dysentery in agadir on 30 november 1930, on his return from the "forbidden city" of smara. he was nursed by his brother, doctor jean vieuchange, who was unable to save him. the notebooks and photographs, edited by jean vieuchange, went on to become bestsellers. 1942 – the selarang barracks incident in the summer of 1942 during world war ii involved the forced crowding of 17,000 anglo-australian prisoners-of-war (pows) by their japanese captors in the areas around the barracks square for nearly five days with little water and no sanitation after the selarang barracks pows refused to sign a pledge not to escape. the incident ended with the surrender of the australian commanders due to the spreading of dysentery among their men.