Famous Deaths In May - 04

1436  Death of Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson, Swedish statesman (b. 1390s) on this day in history.   

1471  On this day in history death of edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales (killed in battle) (b. 1453)   

1506  On May - 04 death of husayn Bayqarah, ruler of Herat (b. 1438)   

1519  On May - 04 death of lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (b. 1492)   

1566  Death of Luca Ghini, Italian physician and botanist (b. 1490) on May - 04.   

1594  On this day in history paul Buys, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies at 62   

1604  On this day in history claudio Merulo, composer, dies at 71   

1605  On May - 04 ulisse Aldrovandi, Italian biologist/medical, dies at 82   

1615  On this day in history death of adriaan van Roomen, Flemish mathematician (b. 1561)   

1626  Death of Arthur Lake, Bishop of Bath and Wells, English bishop and Bible translator (b. 1569) on May - 04.   

1677  Death of Isaac Barrow, English mathematician (b. 1630) on this day in history.   

1684  Death of John Nevison, English highwayman (b. 1639) on May - 04.   

1729  On this day in history death of louis-Antoine, Cardinal de Noailles, French cardinal (b. 1651)   

1734  Death of James Thornhill, English painter on May - 04.   

1737  On this day in history death of eustace Budgell, English writer (b. 1686)   

1752  Pieter Snyers, Flemish painter/engraver, dies at 71 on May - 04.   

1770  Christian Gottfried Krause, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1774  Death of Anthony Ulrich II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (b. 1714) on this day in history.   

1776  On this day in history death of jacques Saly, French sculptor (b. 1717)   

1790  Death of Matthew Tilghman, American delegate to the Continental Congress (b. 1718) on this day in history.   

1799  Death of Tipu Sultan, Indian military leader (b. 1750) on this day in history.   

1811  Death of Nikolay Kamensky, Russian general (b. 1776) on this day in history.   

1824  Death of Joseph Joubert, French essayist and moralist (b. 1754) on this day in history.   

1832  On May - 04 death of jan van Speyck, Dutch admiral, buried in New Church   

1855  On May - 04 camille Pleyel, Austria piano builder/composer, dies at 66   

1858  Death of Aimé Bonpland, French explorer and botanist (b. 1773) on May - 04.   

1859  Death of Joseph Diaz Gergonne, French mathematician (b. 1771) on this day in history.   

1860  On this day in history emil Nikolaus von Reznicek, composer, dies   

1879  On this day in history william Froude, Brit civil eng/shipbuilder (F Integer), dies at 68   

1880  On May - 04 death of edward Clark, Governor of Texas (b. 1815)   

1885  On May - 04 aleksandar I Karadjordjevic, monarch of Serbia (1842-58), dies at 78   

1891  Sherlock Holmes, "dies" at Reichenbach Falls on this day in history.   

1893  George Washington Hewitt, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1901  Death of John Jones Ross, Canadian politician (b. 1831) on May - 04.   

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1006  On this day in history birth of abd-Allah Ansari, Persian mystic/poet (Monadjat)   

1008  Khajeh Abdollah Ansari, The Persian Sufi (d. 1088) was born on this day in history.   

1008  King Henry I of France (d. 1060) was born on May - 04.   

1611  Carlo Rainaldi, composer was born on May - 04.   

1631  On May - 04 birth of mary I Henriette Stuart, daughter of Charles I/queen of England   

1635  Willem van Outhoorn, Dutch governor-general (Dutch East Indies) was born on this day in history.   

1654  On May - 04 birth of kangxi Emperor of China (d. 1722)   

1655  Bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori, Italy, piano builder was born on this day in history.