Famous Deaths Happened 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 this day in history.   

1204  Death of Boniface of Montferrat, margrave of Montferrat, murdered on August - 04.   

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

1306  On this day in history 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 August - 04.   

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

1476  Death of Jacob van Armagnac-Pardiac, French duke of Nemours, beheaded on August - 04.   

1526  On this day in history juan Sebastian Cano, Spanish explorer, dies   

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  On August - 04 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  Juan R Alarcon y Mendoza, Mexican/Spanish playwright, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1666  On August - 04 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  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  Death of Victor-Maurice, comte de Broglie, French general (b. 1647) on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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 August - 04.   

1856  On this day in history 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 August - 04.   

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 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  Duke Leopold I of Austria (d. 1326) was born on August - 04.   

1502  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of louis Lully, composer   

1687  Johan Willem Friso, prince of Orange/monarch of Nassau-Dietz [OS] was born on August - 04.   

1701  On this day in history birth of thomas Blackwell, Scottish classical scholar (d. 1757)