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

1338  On August - 04 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  On August - 04 death of jacob van Armagnac-Pardiac, French duke of Nemours, beheaded   

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

1566  Girolamo della Robbia, Italian sculptor (Majolica relief), dies on August - 04.   

1578  On this day in history 2 Moroccan royalist, dies in battle   

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 this day in history.   

1639  Juan R Alarcon y Mendoza, Mexican/Spanish playwright, dies at 58 on August - 04.   

1666  On this day in history death of johan Evertsen, ltalian admiral of Zeeland, lynched in Brielle   

1708  Vincenzo De Grandis, composer, dies at 77 on August - 04.   

1712  Johann Jacob de Neufville, composer, dies at 27 on this day in history.   

1718  On August - 04 death of rené Lepage de Ste-Claire, lord-founder of the town of Rimouski, in New France (b. 1656)   

1727  On August - 04 death of victor-Maurice, comte de Broglie, French general (b. 1647)   

1741  Death of Andrew Hamilton, American lawyer on this day in history.   

1778  On this day in history death of pierre de Rigaud, French colonial governor in North America (b. 1698)   

1795  On this day in history death of timothy Ruggles, American-born Tory politician (b. 1711)   

1821  William Floyd, US soldier/signer (Declar of Independence), dies at 86 on this day in history.   

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

1850  On this day in history frantisek Tucek, composer, dies at 68   

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

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

1891  On this day in history 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 August - 04.   

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 August - 04 birth of françois Hédelin, abbé d'Aubignac, French writer (d. 1676)   

1664  Louis Lully, composer was born on this day in history.   

1687  On this day in history birth of johan Willem Friso, prince of Orange/monarch of Nassau-Dietz [OS]   

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