Famous Deaths Happened In August - 04

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

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 August - 04.   

1338  Death of Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, son of Edward I of England (b. 1300) on this day in history.   

1430  Philip of Saint-Pol, duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies at 26 on this day in history.   

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 August - 04 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 this day in history.   

1598  William Cecil 1st baron Burghley, English premier, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

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  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  On this day in history 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  On August - 04 death of andrew Hamilton, American lawyer   

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  William Floyd, US soldier/signer (Declar of Independence), dies at 86 on August - 04.   

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

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

1290  Duke Leopold I of Austria (d. 1326) was born on this day in history.   

1502  On August - 04 birth of pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter/carpet designer   

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  Louis Lully, composer was born on August - 04.   

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)