Famous Deaths In August - 04
Wednesday, 17 August 2022
1060 On August - 04 henry I, King of France (1027..60), dies at 52
1113 On August - 04 death of gertrude of Saxony (b. 1030)
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 this day in history.
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 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 August - 04 juan Sebastian Cano, Spanish explorer, dies
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 this day in history 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 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 this day in history.
1639 On August - 04 juan R Alarcon y Mendoza, Mexican/Spanish playwright, dies at 58
1666 On this day in history 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 Johann Jacob de Neufville, composer, dies at 27 on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1778 Death of Pierre de Rigaud, French colonial governor in North America (b. 1698) on August - 04.
1795 Death of Timothy Ruggles, American-born Tory politician (b. 1711) on August - 04.
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 Johann Gottlieb Schneider, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.
1859 On this day in history death of jean Vianney, French parish priest (b. 1786)
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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