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1222  On this day in history birth of richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, English soldier (d. 1262)  

1290  On August - 04 birth of duke Leopold I of Austria (d. 1326)  

1502  Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter/carpet designer was born on this day in history.  

1521  On this day in history birth of pope Urban VII (d. 1590)  

1604  On August - 04 birth of françois Hédelin, abbé d'Aubignac, French writer (d. 1676)  

1664  Louis Lully, composer was born on August - 04.  

1687  On this day in history birth of johan Willem Friso, prince of Orange/monarch of Nassau-Dietz [OS]  

1701  On this day in history birth of thomas Blackwell, Scottish classical scholar (d. 1757)  

1060  Henry I, King of France (1027..60), dies at 52 on August - 04.  

1113  Death of Gertrude of Saxony (b. 1030) on this day in history.  

1204  Death of Boniface of Montferrat, margrave of Montferrat, murdered on this day in history.  

1265  On this day in history simon de Montfort, English earl of Leicester, dies in battle  

1306  Death of Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (b. 1289) on August - 04.  

1338  Death of Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, son of Edward I of England (b. 1300) on August - 04.  

1430  Philip of Saint-Pol, duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies at 26 on August - 04.  

1476  Death of Jacob van Armagnac-Pardiac, French duke of Nemours, beheaded on August - 04.