Famous Deaths In December - 04

0765  On December - 04 death of jafar Sadiq, Shia Imam (b. 702)   

0771  Karloman II, French king of Burgundy, dies at about 20 on this day in history.   

0811  On December - 04 charles, eldest son of emperor Charles the Great, dies at about 39   

1075  Death of Archbishop Anno II of Cologne on this day in history.   

1123  On December - 04 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 this day in history.   

1182  Henry, earl of Gelre/Zutphen (1141/79-82), dies on December - 04.   

1214  Death of William I of Scotland on this day in history.   

1270  Death of Theobald V of Champagne, King of Navarre on December - 04.   

1334  Death of Pope John XXII (b. 1249) on this day in history.   

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

1371  On this day in history 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  Death of Richard Hunne, English "heretic", commits suicide(?) on December - 04.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1649  On December - 04 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 this day in history.   

1680  On December - 04 death of thomas Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian (b. 1616)   

1696  Death of Empress Meishō, Japan (b. 1624) on this day in history.   

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

1798  Luigi Galvani, Italian anatomy/physicist, dies at 61 on December - 04.   

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  Alice Mary Smith, composer, dies at 45 on this day in history.   

1890  Death of Willem III, Dutch king, buried on December - 04.   

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

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  On December - 04 birth of john Cotton, Puritan clergyman in Mass Bay colony   

1595  On this day in history birth of jean Chapelain, French writer (d. 1674)   

1646  On December - 04 birth of alain Emmanuel de Coëtlogon, Marshal of France (d. 1730)   

1660  Andre Campra, composer was born on this day in history.   

1667  Michel Pignolet de Monteclair, composer was born on this day in history.