Famous Deaths In August - 04

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

1113  Death of Gertrude of Saxony (b. 1030) on August - 04.  

1204  On this day in history death of boniface of Montferrat, margrave of Montferrat, murdered  

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 this day in history.  

1338  Death of Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, son of Edward I of England (b. 1300) on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

1598  On August - 04 william Cecil 1st baron Burghley, English premier, dies at 77  

1612  Death of Hugh Broughton, English scholar (b. 1549) on this day in history.  

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 August - 04.  

1666  Death of Johan Evertsen, ltalian admiral of Zeeland, lynched in Brielle on this day in history.  

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 August - 04.  

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 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 this day in history.  

1821  William Floyd, US soldier/signer (Declar of Independence), dies at 86 on August - 04.  

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

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

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

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

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

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  Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, English soldier (d. 1262) was born on this day in history.  

1290  Duke Leopold I of Austria (d. 1326) was born on this day in history.  

1502  Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter/carpet designer was born on August - 04.  

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 August - 04.  

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  On this day in history birth of thomas Blackwell, Scottish classical scholar (d. 1757)