Famous Deaths Happened 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 August - 04.   

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 August - 04.   

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  On this day in history philip of Saint-Pol, duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies at 26   

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

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

1584  John van Hembyze, South Netherlands Calvinist, dies at 71 on August - 04.   

1598  On this day in history william Cecil 1st baron Burghley, English premier, dies at 77   

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

1633  George Abbott, English theologist/archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 60 on August - 04.   

1639  On this day in history juan R Alarcon y Mendoza, Mexican/Spanish playwright, dies at 58   

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 this day in history 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  Death of Andrew Hamilton, American lawyer on August - 04.   

1778  Death of Pierre de Rigaud, French colonial governor in North America (b. 1698) on August - 04.   

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

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

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

1875  On this day in history hans Christian Andersen, Danish fairy tale writer, dies at 70   

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

1891  On August - 04 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  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 this day in history.   

1521  On this day in history 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 August - 04.   

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 this day in history.