Famous Deaths In February - 04

0211  On this day in history lucius Septimus Severus, emperor of Rome (193-211), dies at 64  

0708  Sisinnius, Greek-Syrian pope (708, 20 days), dies on this day in history.  

0856  Hrabanus Maurus, East France, archbishop of Mainz, dies on this day in history.  

0869  Death of Saint Cyril, Greek missionary to the Slavs (b. 827) on February - 04.  

1189  Gilbert of Sempringham, English monastery founder/saint, dies on this day in history.  

1222  Willem I, earl of Holland (1203-22), dies on this day in history.  

1503  On February - 04 queen Elizabeth, consort of Henry VII of England, dies  

1505  Joan of Valois, Queen of France/saint, dies at 40 on this day in history.  

1508  Death of Conrad Celtes, German humanist scholar (b. 1459) on this day in history.  

1553  On this day in history caspar Othmayr, composer, dies at 37  

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1590  Gioseffo Zarlino, composer, dies at 73 on February - 04.  

1615  Death of Dom Justo Takayama, Japanese warlord (b. 1552) on February - 04.  

1617  Louis Elsevier, Dutch publisher, dies at about 76 on February - 04.  

1640  Hendrick C Vroom, Dutch seascape painter, dies on February - 04.  

1694  On this day in history death of nataliya Kyrillovna Naryshkina, Tsaritsa of Russia (b. 1651)  

1714  Duke of Berry, French King Louis XIV's grandson, dies on February - 04.  

1746  On this day in history robert Blair, Scottish poet (Grave), dies at 46  

1774  Death of Charles Marie de La Condamine, French mathematician and geographer (b. 1701) on this day in history.  

1781  Josef Myslivecek, composer, dies at 43 on this day in history.  

1799  On February - 04 death of Étienne-Louis Boullée, French architect (b. 1728)  

1815  Geert Reinders, Dutch cattle breeder/inoculation proponent, dies at 77 on this day in history.  

1816  Meingosus Gaelle, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.  

1834  On February - 04 amelie Julia Candielle, composer, dies at 66  

1844  Willem de Clerq, Dutch merchant/literary, dies at 49 on this day in history.  

1854  Carl Ludwig Cornelius Westenholz, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

1869  On February - 04 johan M Dautzenberg, Flemish author/novelist (Future), dies at 60  

1894  Antoine J "Adolphe" Sax, instrument maker (saxophone), dies at 79 on this day in history.  

1895  On this day in history faustina Hasse Hodges, composer, dies at 71  

1896  On this day in history henry David Leslie, composer, dies at 73  

1905  On this day in history death of louis-Ernest Barrias, French sculptor (b. 1841)  

1911  On this day in history peter A "Piet" Cronje, South Africa Boer general, dies at about 75  

1921  Xavier Mellery, Belgian painter/illustrator, dies at 75 on February - 04.  

1927  On this day in history thomas Linnemann Laub, composer, dies at 74  

1928  On February - 04 hendrik A Lorentz, physicist (L transformation-Nobel 1902), dies at 74  

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1465  French van Brederode, leader of Hoeksen was born on this day in history.  

1524  On this day in history birth of luis de Camões, Portugal's greatest poet. (d. 1580)  

1549  On February - 04 birth of eustache du Caurroy, composer  

1575  On February - 04 birth of pierre de Barulle, French cardinal  

1581  Daniel Selich, composer was born on February - 04.  

1620  Gustaf Bonde, Swedish statesman (d. 1667) was born on February - 04.  

1646  On this day in history birth of hans A Freiherr von Abschatz, Silesian poet  

1677  Johann Ludwig Bach, German composer (d. 1731) was born on February - 04.