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 this day in history.  

1265  On August - 04 simon de Montfort, English earl of Leicester, dies in battle  

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 August - 04.  

1566  On this day in history girolamo della Robbia, Italian sculptor (Majolica relief), dies  

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  On this day in history william Cecil 1st baron Burghley, English premier, dies at 77  

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

1633  George Abbott, English theologist/archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 60 on August - 04.  

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 this day in history.  

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  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  On this day in history 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  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 August - 04.  

1850  On this day in history frantisek Tucek, composer, dies at 68  

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

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

1873  On this day in history death of viktor Hartmann, Russian painter (b. 1834)  

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

1889  On this day in history carl Ludwig Amand Mangold, composer, dies at 75  

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

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

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

1604  On this day in history birth of françois Hédelin, abbé d'Aubignac, French writer (d. 1676)  

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)