Famous Deaths In December - 04

0765  On this day in history death of jafar Sadiq, Shia Imam (b. 702)   

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  Death of Archbishop Anno II of Cologne on December - 04.   

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 this day in history.   

1182  On this day in history henry, earl of Gelre/Zutphen (1141/79-82), dies   

1214  On this day in history death of william I of Scotland   

1270  On this day in history death of theobald V of Champagne, King of Navarre   

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

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

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  Rheticus, mathematician, dies on December - 04.   

1585  On December - 04 death of john Willock, Scottish reformer   

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  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 this day in history.   

1696  On this day in history death of empress Meishō, Japan (b. 1624)   

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

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

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  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  On December - 04 death of willem III, Dutch king, buried   

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

1909  On December - 04 paul-Albert Besnard, French painter/graphic artist (Elle), dies at 60   

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

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1443  Pope Julius II, (1503-13), patron of Michelangelo, Bramante, Raphael was born on December - 04.   

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

1580  On this day in history birth of samuel Argall, English adventurer and naval officer (d. 1626)   

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

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

1646  Alain Emmanuel de Coëtlogon, Marshal of France (d. 1730) was born on December - 04.   

1660  On December - 04 birth of andre Campra, composer   

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