Famous Deaths In December - 04

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

0771  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1123  On December - 04 death of omar Khayyám, Persian poet, astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (b. 1048)  

1137  On this day in history lotharius III of Supplinburg, emperor (1125, 33-37), dies at 67  

1182  Henry, earl of Gelre/Zutphen (1141/79-82), dies on this day in history.  

1214  On December - 04 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  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 this day in history.  

1576  Rheticus, mathematician, dies on December - 04.  

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

1603  Maarten de Vos, Flemish painter, dies at about 71 on this day in history.  

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

1642  On this day in history armand-Jean Duplessis Richelieu, bishop of Lucon, dies at about 57  

1649  Outgert Arisz Akersloot, Dutch silversmith, dies at about 73 on December - 04.  

1676  Johann Georg Ebeling, composer, dies at 39 on December - 04.  

1679  On December - 04 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  Death of Empress Meishō, Japan (b. 1624) on December - 04.  

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

1902  Death of Charles Dow, American journalist (Dow Jones & Company on this day in history.  

1909  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.  

1580  Samuel Argall, English adventurer and naval officer (d. 1626) was born on this day in history.  

1584  On December - 04 birth of john Cotton, Puritan clergyman in Mass Bay colony  

1595  On December - 04 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 this day in history birth of andre Campra, composer  

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