Famous Deaths In August - 04

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

1113  On August - 04 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  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  Death of Jacob van Armagnac-Pardiac, French duke of Nemours, beheaded on this day in history.  

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

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

1578  On this day in history 2 Moroccan royalist, dies in battle  

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 this day in history.  

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

1633  George Abbott, English theologist/archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

1639  On August - 04 juan R Alarcon y Mendoza, Mexican/Spanish playwright, dies at 58  

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

1708  On this day in history vincenzo De Grandis, composer, dies at 77  

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  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 August - 04.  

1795  Death of Timothy Ruggles, American-born Tory politician (b. 1711) on August - 04.  

1821  On August - 04 william Floyd, US soldier/signer (Declar of Independence), dies at 86  

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

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

1856  Johann Gottlieb Schneider, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.  

1859  On this day in history death of jean Vianney, French parish priest (b. 1786)  

1873  Death of Viktor Hartmann, Russian painter (b. 1834) on this day in history.  

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

1889  Carl Ludwig Amand Mangold, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

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

1900  Death of Isaac Levitan, Russian painter (b. 1860) on this day in history.  

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1222  On August - 04 birth of richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, English soldier (d. 1262)  

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  On this day in history 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 August - 04 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 August - 04 birth of thomas Blackwell, Scottish classical scholar (d. 1757)