Famous Deaths Happened In August - 04

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

1113  On this day in history death of gertrude of Saxony (b. 1030)   

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

1265  On August - 04 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  On this day in history philip of Saint-Pol, duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies at 26   

1476  Death of Jacob van Armagnac-Pardiac, French duke of Nemours, beheaded on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1712  On August - 04 johann Jacob de Neufville, composer, dies at 27   

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

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  On August - 04 death of pierre de Rigaud, French colonial governor in North America (b. 1698)   

1795  Death of Timothy Ruggles, American-born Tory politician (b. 1711) on August - 04.   

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

1844  On this day in history death of jakob Aall, Norwegian journalist and statesman (b. 1773)   

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

1856  On this day in history johann Gottlieb Schneider, composer, dies at 59   

1859  On this day in history death of jean Vianney, French parish priest (b. 1786)   

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

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

1889  Carl Ludwig Amand Mangold, composer, dies at 75 on August - 04.   

1891  On August - 04 george Washington Williams, historian (History of Negro), dies at 41   

1900  On August - 04 death of isaac Levitan, Russian painter (b. 1860)   

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1222  On August - 04 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 this day in history birth of pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter/carpet designer   

1521  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of louis Lully, composer   

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

1701  Thomas Blackwell, Scottish classical scholar (d. 1757) was born on this day in history.