Famous Deaths 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  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 this day in history.   

1338  On August - 04 death of thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, son of Edward I of England (b. 1300)   

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

1476  Death of Jacob van Armagnac-Pardiac, French duke of Nemours, beheaded on this day in history.   

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

1566  Girolamo della Robbia, Italian sculptor (Majolica relief), dies on this day in history.   

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

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  Death of Hugh Broughton, English scholar (b. 1549) on this day in history.   

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 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 this day in history.   

1712  Johann Jacob de Neufville, composer, dies at 27 on August - 04.   

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 this day in history 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 this day in history 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  Death of Jakob Aall, Norwegian journalist and statesman (b. 1773) on this day in history.   

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

1856  On this day in history johann Gottlieb Schneider, composer, dies at 59   

1859  On this day in history death of jean Vianney, French parish priest (b. 1786)   

1873  On this day in history death of viktor Hartmann, Russian painter (b. 1834)   

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  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 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  Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter/carpet designer was born on August - 04.   

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)