Famous Deaths In August - 04

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

1113  Death of Gertrude of Saxony (b. 1030) on this day in history.  

1204  On August - 04 death of boniface of Montferrat, margrave of Montferrat, murdered  

1265  Simon de Montfort, English earl of Leicester, dies in battle on August - 04.  

1306  Death of Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (b. 1289) on this day in history.  

1338  On this day in history death of thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, son of Edward I of England (b. 1300)  

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

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

1578  2 Moroccan royalist, dies in battle on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1633  On this day in history 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  On August - 04 vincenzo De Grandis, composer, dies at 77  

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  Death of Victor-Maurice, comte de Broglie, French general (b. 1647) on this day in history.  

1741  Death of Andrew Hamilton, American lawyer on this day in history.  

1778  Death of Pierre de Rigaud, French colonial governor in North America (b. 1698) on this day in history.  

1795  On this day in history death of timothy Ruggles, American-born Tory politician (b. 1711)  

1821  William Floyd, US soldier/signer (Declar of Independence), dies at 86 on this day in history.  

1844  Death of Jakob Aall, Norwegian journalist and statesman (b. 1773) on this day in history.  

1850  Frantisek Tucek, composer, dies at 68 on August - 04.  

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  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 August - 04 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  On August - 04 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  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 this day in history.  

1521  On August - 04 birth of pope Urban VII (d. 1590)  

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 August - 04 birth of johan Willem Friso, prince of Orange/monarch of Nassau-Dietz [OS]  

1701  Thomas Blackwell, Scottish classical scholar (d. 1757) was born on August - 04.