Famous Deaths In August - 04

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

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

1204  On August - 04 death of boniface of Montferrat, margrave of Montferrat, murdered  

1265  Simon de Montfort, English earl of Leicester, dies in battle on August - 04.  

1306  On August - 04 death of wenceslaus III of Bohemia (b. 1289)  

1338  On August - 04 death of thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, son of Edward I of England (b. 1300)  

1430  Philip of Saint-Pol, duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies at 26 on this day in history.  

1476  On this day in history death of jacob van Armagnac-Pardiac, French duke of Nemours, beheaded  

1526  Juan Sebastian Cano, Spanish explorer, dies on this day in history.  

1566  Girolamo della Robbia, Italian sculptor (Majolica relief), dies on August - 04.  

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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  On August - 04 william Cecil 1st baron Burghley, English premier, dies at 77  

1612  On August - 04 death of hugh Broughton, English scholar (b. 1549)  

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

1639  Juan R Alarcon y Mendoza, Mexican/Spanish playwright, dies at 58 on August - 04.  

1666  Death of Johan Evertsen, ltalian admiral of Zeeland, lynched in Brielle on August - 04.  

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

1712  Johann Jacob de Neufville, composer, dies at 27 on this day in history.  

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

1727  On August - 04 death of victor-Maurice, comte de Broglie, French general (b. 1647)  

1741  Death of Andrew Hamilton, American lawyer on August - 04.  

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

1795  On this day in history death of timothy Ruggles, American-born Tory politician (b. 1711)  

1821  On this day in history william Floyd, US soldier/signer (Declar of Independence), dies at 86  

1844  Death of Jakob Aall, Norwegian journalist and statesman (b. 1773) on August - 04.  

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 August - 04.  

1873  Death of Viktor Hartmann, Russian painter (b. 1834) on August - 04.  

1875  On this day in history hans Christian Andersen, Danish fairy tale writer, dies at 70  

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

1891  On this day in history george Washington Williams, historian (History of Negro), dies at 41  

1900  Death of Isaac Levitan, Russian painter (b. 1860) on August - 04.  

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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 this day in history birth of duke Leopold I of Austria (d. 1326)  

1502  On August - 04 birth of pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter/carpet designer  

1521  On August - 04 birth of pope Urban VII (d. 1590)  

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

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

1687  On August - 04 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)