Famous Deaths In December - 04

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

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

1123  Death of Omar Khayyám, Persian poet, astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (b. 1048) on December - 04.  

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

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

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

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

1334  On this day in history death of pope John XXII (b. 1249)  

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1340  Death of Henry Burghersh, English bishop and chancellor (b. 1292) on December - 04.  

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

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 this day in history.  

1585  Death of John Willock, Scottish reformer on December - 04.  

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

1676  Johann Georg Ebeling, composer, dies at 39 on this day in history.  

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

1680  Death of Thomas Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian (b. 1616) on this day in history.  

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

1732  On December - 04 john Gay, English poet (Beggar's Opera), dies at 47  

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

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

1828  On December - 04 death of robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1770)  

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

1902  On December - 04 death of charles Dow, American journalist (Dow Jones & Company  

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

1915  Gustav Hollaender, composer, dies at 60 on December - 04.  

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1443  On this day in history birth of pope Julius II, (1503-13), patron of Michelangelo, Bramante, Raphael  

1555  On this day in history birth of heinrich Meibom, German historian and poet (d. 1625)  

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

1584  John Cotton, Puritan clergyman in Mass Bay colony was born on December - 04.  

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 this day in history.  

1660  On December - 04 birth of andre Campra, composer  

1667  On this day in history birth of michel Pignolet de Monteclair, composer