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  On August - 04 simon de Montfort, English earl of Leicester, dies in battle  

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  On August - 04 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  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.  

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

1584  On this day in history john van Hembyze, South Netherlands Calvinist, dies at 71  

1598  On August - 04 william Cecil 1st baron Burghley, English premier, dies at 77  

1612  On this day in history death of hugh Broughton, English scholar (b. 1549)  

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 this day in history.  

1741  Death of Andrew Hamilton, American lawyer on August - 04.  

1778  On this day in history 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 August - 04.  

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

1844  Death of Jakob Aall, Norwegian journalist and statesman (b. 1773) on this day in history.  

1850  On August - 04 frantisek Tucek, composer, dies at 68  

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

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

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

1875  On August - 04 hans Christian Andersen, Danish fairy tale writer, dies at 70  

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  Death of Isaac Levitan, Russian painter (b. 1860) on this day in history.  

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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 August - 04.  

1502  Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter/carpet designer was born on this day in history.  

1521  Pope Urban VII (d. 1590) was born on this day in history.  

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  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.