Famous Deaths In July - 03

0683  Leo II, Pope (681-83), dies on this day in history.  

1090  Egbert II van Brunswick, Fries count, dies in battle on this day in history.  

1570  Death of Antonio Paleario, Italian humanist, executed by inquisition at 67 on this day in history.  

1642  Maria de' Medici, French queen-mother, dies at about 69 on this day in history.  

1672  Death of Francis Willughby, English biologist (b. 1635) on this day in history.  

1704  On July - 03 death of sophia Alekseyevna, regent of Russia (b. 1657)  

1749  On this day in history death of william Jones, Welsh mathematician (b. 1675)  

1778  Jean-Jacques Rousseau, French writer/composer (Pygmalion), dies on July - 03.  

1795  Death of Louis-Georges de Bréquigny, French historian (b. 1714) on this day in history.  

1801  Johann Nepomuk Went, composer, dies at 56 on July - 03.  

1809  On July - 03 joseph Quesne, composer, dies at 62  

1816  Dorothea Jordan, French actress/mistress (William IV), dies at 65 on this day in history.  

1858  Death of Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov, Russian painter (b. 1806) on July - 03.  

1862  William Barksdale, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 40 on this day in history.  

1863  On this day in history alonzo Hersford Cushing, US Union lt, dies in battle at about 22  

1873  On July - 03 josef Michal Ksawery Jan Poniatowski, composer, dies at 57  

1891  On this day in history stefano Golinelli, composer, dies at 72  

1904  Theodor Herzl, Austrian journalist/Zionist, dies on this day in history.  

1908  On July - 03 joel Chandler Harris, created Uncle Remus, dies at 59  

1910  On this day in history julius Slabbe, Belgian writer, dies  

1916  Henrietta "Hetty" Howland Robinson Green, (Witch of Wall Street), dies on July - 03.  

1918  On July - 03 death of sultan Mehmed V of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1844)  

1933  Death of Hipólito Yrigoyen, President of Argentina (b. 1852) on this day in history.  

1934  On this day in history henry WAE, Prince of Netherlands/father of Queen Juliana, dies  

1935  On July - 03 death of andré Citroën, French automobile pioneer (b. 1878)  

1940  George Shepstone, cricketer (2 Tests for S Africa 1896-99), dies on July - 03.  

1942  On July - 03 death of louis Franchet d'Espèrey, French general (b. 1856)  

1948  Adrien H Gerhard, Dutch SDAP-politician, dies at 90 on this day in history.  

1952  Daniel Zamudio, composer, dies at 64 on July - 03.  

1954  On July - 03 death of siegfried Handloser, German physician (b. 1895)  

1957  Richard Mohaupt, German composer (Bucolica), dies at 52 on July - 03.  

1960  Alfred Henry Ackley, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

1965  Clarence Loomis, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

1966  Andre Gailhard, composer, dies at 81 on July - 03.  

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1423  On July - 03 birth of louis XI, King of France (1461-83)  

1442  On July - 03 birth of emperor Go-Tsuchimikado of Japan (d. 1500)  

1530  Claude Fauchet, French historian (d. 1601) was born on July - 03.  

1567  Samuel de Champlain, explorer (Lake Champlain) was born on this day in history.  

1676  Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Prussian field marshal (d. 1747) was born on July - 03.  

1683  On this day in history birth of edward Young, English poet (Revenge, Complaint)  

1685  Sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet, British cavalry officer (d. 1768) was born on this day in history.  

1687  Arnold Hoogvliet, Dutch poet (Abraham the Patriarch) was born on this day in history.