Famous Deaths In August - 04

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

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

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

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 this day in history.  

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

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

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

1584  On this day in history john van Hembyze, South Netherlands Calvinist, dies at 71  

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

1612  On this day in history death of hugh Broughton, English scholar (b. 1549)  

1633  On August - 04 george Abbott, English theologist/archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 60  

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

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

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

1712  On this day in history 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  On August - 04 death of andrew Hamilton, American lawyer  

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 August - 04 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 August - 04.  

1856  Johann Gottlieb Schneider, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.  

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

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

1875  Hans Christian Andersen, Danish fairy tale writer, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

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  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  Duke Leopold I of Austria (d. 1326) was born on August - 04.  

1502  On this day in history birth of pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter/carpet designer  

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  Louis Lully, composer was born on August - 04.  

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)