Famous Deaths In August - 04

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

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

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

1265  On this day in history simon de Montfort, English earl of Leicester, dies in battle  

1306  On August - 04 death of wenceslaus III of Bohemia (b. 1289)  

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 August - 04 philip of Saint-Pol, duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies at 26  

1476  Death of Jacob van Armagnac-Pardiac, French duke of Nemours, beheaded on this day in history.  

1526  Juan Sebastian Cano, Spanish explorer, dies on August - 04.  

1566  On this day in history girolamo della Robbia, Italian sculptor (Majolica relief), dies  

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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 August - 04.  

1612  On August - 04 death of hugh Broughton, English scholar (b. 1549)  

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

1639  On this day in history 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  On August - 04 johann Jacob de Neufville, composer, dies at 27  

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 August - 04.  

1741  Death of Andrew Hamilton, American lawyer on August - 04.  

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

1795  On August - 04 death of timothy Ruggles, American-born Tory politician (b. 1711)  

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

1844  On August - 04 death of jakob Aall, Norwegian journalist and statesman (b. 1773)  

1850  Frantisek Tucek, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.  

1856  On August - 04 johann Gottlieb Schneider, composer, dies at 59  

1859  On August - 04 death of jean Vianney, French parish priest (b. 1786)  

1873  On this day in history death of viktor Hartmann, Russian painter (b. 1834)  

1875  Hans Christian Andersen, Danish fairy tale writer, dies at 70 on August - 04.  

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  On August - 04 death of isaac Levitan, Russian painter (b. 1860)  

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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  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 this day in history.  

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