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 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  On this day in history death of wenceslaus III of Bohemia (b. 1289)   

1338  On this day in history death of thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, son of Edward I of England (b. 1300)   

1430  On this day in history philip of Saint-Pol, duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies at 26   

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

1526  Juan Sebastian Cano, Spanish explorer, dies on this day in history.   

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

1578  On August - 04 2 Moroccan royalist, dies in battle   

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

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  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  Death of Johan Evertsen, ltalian admiral of Zeeland, lynched in Brielle on August - 04.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1850  Frantisek Tucek, composer, dies at 68 on August - 04.   

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  Hans Christian Andersen, Danish fairy tale writer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

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  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 August - 04.   

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  On August - 04 birth of pope Urban VII (d. 1590)   

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

1701  Thomas Blackwell, Scottish classical scholar (d. 1757) was born on this day in history.