Famous Deaths Happened In August - 04

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

1113  On August - 04 death of gertrude of Saxony (b. 1030)   

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

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1578  On August - 04 2 Moroccan royalist, dies in battle   

1584  John van Hembyze, South Netherlands Calvinist, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1598  William Cecil 1st baron Burghley, English premier, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1612  Death of Hugh Broughton, English scholar (b. 1549) on August - 04.   

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

1639  On August - 04 juan R Alarcon y Mendoza, Mexican/Spanish playwright, dies at 58   

1666  On August - 04 death of johan Evertsen, ltalian admiral of Zeeland, lynched in Brielle   

1708  Vincenzo De Grandis, composer, dies at 77 on August - 04.   

1712  On this day in history johann Jacob de Neufville, composer, dies at 27   

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 August - 04 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 August - 04.   

1844  Death of Jakob Aall, Norwegian journalist and statesman (b. 1773) on this day in history.   

1850  Frantisek Tucek, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1856  Johann Gottlieb Schneider, composer, dies at 59 on August - 04.   

1859  Death of Jean Vianney, French parish priest (b. 1786) on this day in history.   

1873  On August - 04 death of viktor Hartmann, Russian painter (b. 1834)   

1875  On August - 04 hans Christian Andersen, Danish fairy tale writer, dies at 70   

1889  Carl Ludwig Amand Mangold, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1891  George Washington Williams, historian (History of Negro), dies at 41 on this day in history.   

1900  On this day in history death of isaac Levitan, Russian painter (b. 1860)   

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1222  Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, English soldier (d. 1262) was born on August - 04.   

1290  Duke Leopold I of Austria (d. 1326) was born on this day in history.   

1502  Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter/carpet designer was born on August - 04.   

1521  Pope Urban VII (d. 1590) was born on this day in history.   

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

1664  On this day in history birth of louis Lully, composer   

1687  Johan Willem Friso, prince of Orange/monarch of Nassau-Dietz [OS] was born on this day in history.   

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