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

1526  Juan Sebastian Cano, Spanish explorer, dies on August - 04.   

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

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

1584  On August - 04 john van Hembyze, South Netherlands Calvinist, dies at 71   

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  On this day in history george Abbott, English theologist/archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 60   

1639  On August - 04 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 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  On August - 04 death of victor-Maurice, comte de Broglie, French general (b. 1647)   

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  Death of Timothy Ruggles, American-born Tory politician (b. 1711) on August - 04.   

1821  On this day in history william Floyd, US soldier/signer (Declar of Independence), dies at 86   

1844  Death of Jakob Aall, Norwegian journalist and statesman (b. 1773) on August - 04.   

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

1856  On August - 04 johann Gottlieb Schneider, composer, dies at 59   

1859  Death of Jean Vianney, French parish priest (b. 1786) on this day in history.   

1873  On August - 04 death of viktor Hartmann, Russian painter (b. 1834)   

1875  Hans Christian Andersen, Danish fairy tale writer, dies at 70 on August - 04.   

1889  On August - 04 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  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 this day in history.   

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  François Hédelin, abbé d'Aubignac, French writer (d. 1676) was born on this day in history.   

1664  On August - 04 birth of louis Lully, composer   

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

1701  On August - 04 birth of thomas Blackwell, Scottish classical scholar (d. 1757)