Famous Deaths In August - 04

1060  On this day in history henry I, King of France (1027..60), dies at 52  

1113  Death of Gertrude of Saxony (b. 1030) on August - 04.  

1204  Death of Boniface of Montferrat, margrave of Montferrat, murdered on August - 04.  

1265  Simon de Montfort, English earl of Leicester, dies in battle on this day in history.  

1306  Death of Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (b. 1289) on this day in history.  

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.  

1526  Juan Sebastian Cano, Spanish explorer, dies on August - 04.  

1566  Girolamo della Robbia, Italian sculptor (Majolica relief), dies on this day in history.  

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1578  2 Moroccan royalist, dies in battle on this day in history.  

1584  On August - 04 john van Hembyze, South Netherlands Calvinist, dies at 71  

1598  William Cecil 1st baron Burghley, English premier, dies at 77 on August - 04.  

1612  Death of Hugh Broughton, English scholar (b. 1549) on this day in history.  

1633  George Abbott, English theologist/archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

1639  On this day in history juan R Alarcon y Mendoza, Mexican/Spanish playwright, dies at 58  

1666  On this day in history death of johan Evertsen, ltalian admiral of Zeeland, lynched in Brielle  

1708  On this day in history vincenzo De Grandis, composer, dies at 77  

1712  Johann Jacob de Neufville, composer, dies at 27 on August - 04.  

1718  Death of René Lepage de Ste-Claire, lord-founder of the town of Rimouski, in New France (b. 1656) on August - 04.  

1727  Death of Victor-Maurice, comte de Broglie, French general (b. 1647) on August - 04.  

1741  On this day in history death of andrew Hamilton, American lawyer  

1778  Death of Pierre de Rigaud, French colonial governor in North America (b. 1698) on this day in history.  

1795  Death of Timothy Ruggles, American-born Tory politician (b. 1711) on this day in history.  

1821  William Floyd, US soldier/signer (Declar of Independence), dies at 86 on this day in history.  

1844  On August - 04 death of jakob Aall, Norwegian journalist and statesman (b. 1773)  

1850  On August - 04 frantisek Tucek, composer, dies at 68  

1856  On August - 04 johann Gottlieb Schneider, composer, dies at 59  

1859  On August - 04 death of jean Vianney, French parish priest (b. 1786)  

1873  Death of Viktor Hartmann, Russian painter (b. 1834) on this day in history.  

1875  Hans Christian Andersen, Danish fairy tale writer, dies at 70 on August - 04.  

1889  On August - 04 carl Ludwig Amand Mangold, composer, dies at 75  

1891  George Washington Williams, historian (History of Negro), dies at 41 on August - 04.  

1900  Death of Isaac Levitan, Russian painter (b. 1860) on this day in history.  

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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  On August - 04 birth of pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter/carpet designer  

1521  Pope Urban VII (d. 1590) was born on August - 04.  

1604  François Hédelin, abbé d'Aubignac, French writer (d. 1676) was born on this day in history.  

1664  On August - 04 birth of louis Lully, composer  

1687  Johan Willem Friso, prince of Orange/monarch of Nassau-Dietz [OS] was born on August - 04.  

1701  On August - 04 birth of thomas Blackwell, Scottish classical scholar (d. 1757)