Famous Deaths In August - 04

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

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  Simon de Montfort, English earl of Leicester, dies in battle on this day in history.  

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  On August - 04 death of jacob van Armagnac-Pardiac, French duke of Nemours, beheaded  

1526  On August - 04 juan Sebastian Cano, Spanish explorer, dies  

1566  On August - 04 girolamo della Robbia, Italian sculptor (Majolica relief), dies  

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1578  2 Moroccan royalist, dies in battle on August - 04.  

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 August - 04.  

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

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

1639  Juan R Alarcon y Mendoza, Mexican/Spanish playwright, dies at 58 on this day in history.  

1666  On this day in history death of johan Evertsen, ltalian admiral of Zeeland, lynched in Brielle  

1708  On August - 04 vincenzo De Grandis, composer, dies at 77  

1712  Johann Jacob de Neufville, composer, dies at 27 on August - 04.  

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  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 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 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 August - 04.  

1850  On August - 04 frantisek Tucek, composer, dies at 68  

1856  On this day in history 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 this day in history hans Christian Andersen, Danish fairy tale writer, dies at 70  

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

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

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

1604  On August - 04 birth of françois Hédelin, abbé d'Aubignac, French writer (d. 1676)  

1664  On August - 04 birth of louis Lully, composer  

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)