Famous Deaths In August - 04

1060  Henry I, King of France (1027..60), dies at 52 on August - 04.  

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

1338  Death of Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, son of Edward I of England (b. 1300) on August - 04.  

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

1566  On August - 04 girolamo della Robbia, Italian sculptor (Majolica relief), dies  

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1578  On August - 04 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 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 this day in history.  

1666  On August - 04 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  On this day in history 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 August - 04.  

1727  On this day in history death of victor-Maurice, comte de Broglie, French general (b. 1647)  

1741  On this day in history 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 August - 04.  

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

1844  On this day in history death of jakob Aall, Norwegian journalist and statesman (b. 1773)  

1850  Frantisek Tucek, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.  

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

1859  Death of Jean Vianney, French parish priest (b. 1786) on August - 04.  

1873  Death of Viktor Hartmann, Russian painter (b. 1834) on this day in history.  

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

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

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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 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 August - 04.  

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  Thomas Blackwell, Scottish classical scholar (d. 1757) was born on August - 04.