Famous Deaths In February - 04

0211  Lucius Septimus Severus, emperor of Rome (193-211), dies at 64 on February - 04.  

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

0856  On February - 04 hrabanus Maurus, East France, archbishop of Mainz, dies  

0869  On February - 04 death of saint Cyril, Greek missionary to the Slavs (b. 827)  

1189  On this day in history gilbert of Sempringham, English monastery founder/saint, dies  

1222  On February - 04 willem I, earl of Holland (1203-22), dies  

1503  Queen Elizabeth, consort of Henry VII of England, dies on this day in history.  

1505  Joan of Valois, Queen of France/saint, dies at 40 on February - 04.  

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  On February - 04 gioseffo Zarlino, composer, dies at 73  

1615  On February - 04 death of dom Justo Takayama, Japanese warlord (b. 1552)  

1617  On this day in history louis Elsevier, Dutch publisher, dies at about 76  

1640  Hendrick C Vroom, Dutch seascape painter, dies on this day in history.  

1694  Death of Nataliya Kyrillovna Naryshkina, Tsaritsa of Russia (b. 1651) on this day in history.  

1714  On this day in history duke of Berry, French King Louis XIV's grandson, dies  

1746  Robert Blair, Scottish poet (Grave), dies at 46 on February - 04.  

1774  On February - 04 death of charles Marie de La Condamine, French mathematician and geographer (b. 1701)  

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  Amelie Julia Candielle, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

1844  On February - 04 willem de Clerq, Dutch merchant/literary, dies at 49  

1854  Carl Ludwig Cornelius Westenholz, composer, dies at 66 on February - 04.  

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

1894  On this day in history antoine J "Adolphe" Sax, instrument maker (saxophone), dies at 79  

1895  Faustina Hasse Hodges, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

1896  On February - 04 henry David Leslie, composer, dies at 73  

1905  Death of Louis-Ernest Barrias, French sculptor (b. 1841) on February - 04.  

1911  Peter A "Piet" Cronje, South Africa Boer general, dies at about 75 on this day in history.  

1921  Xavier Mellery, Belgian painter/illustrator, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

1927  Thomas Linnemann Laub, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

1928  On this day in history hendrik A Lorentz, physicist (L transformation-Nobel 1902), dies at 74  

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1465  On February - 04 birth of french van Brederode, leader of Hoeksen  

1524  Luis de Camões, Portugal's greatest poet. (d. 1580) was born on February - 04.  

1549  On this day in history birth of eustache du Caurroy, composer  

1575  On this day in history birth of pierre de Barulle, French cardinal  

1581  Daniel Selich, composer was born on this day in history.  

1620  Gustaf Bonde, Swedish statesman (d. 1667) was born on this day in history.  

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.