Famous Deaths In December - 04

0765  Death of Jafar Sadiq, Shia Imam (b. 702) on this day in history.  

0771  On December - 04 karloman II, French king of Burgundy, dies at about 20  

0811  On this day in history charles, eldest son of emperor Charles the Great, dies at about 39  

1075  On this day in history death of archbishop Anno II of Cologne  

1123  Death of Omar Khayyám, Persian poet, astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (b. 1048) on this day in history.  

1137  Lotharius III of Supplinburg, emperor (1125, 33-37), dies at 67 on this day in history.  

1182  On December - 04 henry, earl of Gelre/Zutphen (1141/79-82), dies  

1214  Death of William I of Scotland on December - 04.  

1270  Death of Theobald V of Champagne, King of Navarre on this day in history.  

1334  Death of Pope John XXII (b. 1249) on December - 04.  

1340  On this day in history death of henry Burghersh, English bishop and chancellor (b. 1292)  

1371  On December - 04 reinald III, the Fat Duke, duke of Gelre (1343-61), dies at 38  

1459  On December - 04 death of adolf VIII, Duke of Southern Jutland (b. 1401)  

1514  On this day in history death of richard Hunne, English "heretic", commits suicide(?)  

1576  On December - 04 rheticus, mathematician, dies  

1585  On this day in history death of john Willock, Scottish reformer  

1603  On this day in history maarten de Vos, Flemish painter, dies at about 71  

1609  On December - 04 death of alexander Hume, Scottish poet  

1642  On December - 04 armand-Jean Duplessis Richelieu, bishop of Lucon, dies at about 57  

1649  On this day in history outgert Arisz Akersloot, Dutch silversmith, dies at about 73  

1676  On December - 04 johann Georg Ebeling, composer, dies at 39  

1679  Death of Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher (b. 1588) on December - 04.  

1680  On this day in history death of thomas Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian (b. 1616)  

1696  On December - 04 death of empress Meishō, Japan (b. 1624)  

1732  John Gay, English poet (Beggar's Opera), dies at 47 on December - 04.  

1798  On this day in history luigi Galvani, Italian anatomy/physicist, dies at 61  

1807  Prince Hall, activist/Masonic leader, dies in Boston on December - 04.  

1828  Death of Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1770) on December - 04.  

1836  On this day in history daniel Read, composer, dies at 79  

1884  On this day in history alice Mary Smith, composer, dies at 45  

1890  On this day in history death of willem III, Dutch king, buried  

1902  Death of Charles Dow, American journalist (Dow Jones & Company on December - 04.  

1909  On this day in history paul-Albert Besnard, French painter/graphic artist (Elle), dies at 60  

1915  On this day in history gustav Hollaender, composer, dies at 60  

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1443  On December - 04 birth of pope Julius II, (1503-13), patron of Michelangelo, Bramante, Raphael  

1555  Heinrich Meibom, German historian and poet (d. 1625) was born on December - 04.  

1580  Samuel Argall, English adventurer and naval officer (d. 1626) was born on December - 04.  

1584  John Cotton, Puritan clergyman in Mass Bay colony was born on this day in history.  

1595  Jean Chapelain, French writer (d. 1674) was born on this day in history.  

1646  Alain Emmanuel de Coëtlogon, Marshal of France (d. 1730) was born on this day in history.  

1660  Andre Campra, composer was born on December - 04.  

1667  Michel Pignolet de Monteclair, composer was born on December - 04.