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

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 August - 04.  

1430  Philip of Saint-Pol, duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies at 26 on August - 04.  

1476  On this day in history death of jacob van Armagnac-Pardiac, French duke of Nemours, beheaded  

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

1566  Girolamo della Robbia, Italian sculptor (Majolica relief), dies on this day in history.  

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

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  George Abbott, English theologist/archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

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  Vincenzo De Grandis, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.  

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

1718  On August - 04 death of rené Lepage de Ste-Claire, lord-founder of the town of Rimouski, in New France (b. 1656)  

1727  On this day in history death of victor-Maurice, comte de Broglie, French general (b. 1647)  

1741  On August - 04 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 August - 04 frantisek Tucek, composer, dies at 68  

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

1891  George Washington Williams, historian (History of Negro), dies at 41 on August - 04.  

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 August - 04 birth of duke Leopold I of Austria (d. 1326)  

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

1521  Pope Urban VII (d. 1590) was born on August - 04.  

1604  François Hédelin, abbé d'Aubignac, French writer (d. 1676) was born on August - 04.  

1664  Louis Lully, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1701  On August - 04 birth of thomas Blackwell, Scottish classical scholar (d. 1757)