Famous Deaths Happened In December - 04
Wednesday, 07 January 2026
0765 Death of Jafar Sadiq, Shia Imam (b. 702) on December - 04. 

0771 Karloman II, French king of Burgundy, dies at about 20 on December - 04. 

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

1075 On December - 04 death of archbishop Anno II of Cologne 

1123 On this day in history death of omar Khayyám, Persian poet, astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (b. 1048) 

1137 Lotharius III of Supplinburg, emperor (1125, 33-37), dies at 67 on December - 04. 

1182 On this day in history 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 December - 04. 

1334 On December - 04 death of pope John XXII (b. 1249) 

1340 Death of Henry Burghersh, English bishop and chancellor (b. 1292) on this day in history. 

1371 Reinald III, the Fat Duke, duke of Gelre (1343-61), dies at 38 on this day in history. 

1459 Death of Adolf VIII, Duke of Southern Jutland (b. 1401) on December - 04. 

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

1576 On this day in history rheticus, mathematician, dies 

1585 Death of John Willock, Scottish reformer on this day in history. 

1603 Maarten de Vos, Flemish painter, dies at about 71 on December - 04. 

1609 Death of Alexander Hume, Scottish poet on December - 04. 

1642 Armand-Jean Duplessis Richelieu, bishop of Lucon, dies at about 57 on December - 04. 

1649 Outgert Arisz Akersloot, Dutch silversmith, dies at about 73 on this day in history. 

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

1679 On this day in history death of thomas Hobbes, English philosopher (b. 1588) 

1680 Death of Thomas Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian (b. 1616) on December - 04. 

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

1732 John Gay, English poet (Beggar's Opera), dies at 47 on this day in history. 

1798 On December - 04 luigi Galvani, Italian anatomy/physicist, dies at 61 

1807 On this day in history prince Hall, activist/Masonic leader, dies in Boston 

1828 Death of Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1770) on this day in history. 

1836 Daniel Read, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history. 

1884 On December - 04 alice Mary Smith, composer, dies at 45 

1890 Death of Willem III, Dutch king, buried on this day in history. 

1902 On this day in history death of charles Dow, American journalist (Dow Jones & Company 

1909 Paul-Albert Besnard, French painter/graphic artist (Elle), dies at 60 on December - 04. 

1915 On December - 04 gustav Hollaender, composer, dies at 60 

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