Famous Deaths In February - 04

0211  On February - 04 lucius Septimus Severus, emperor of Rome (193-211), dies at 64  

0708  On February - 04 sisinnius, Greek-Syrian pope (708, 20 days), dies  

0856  On February - 04 hrabanus Maurus, East France, archbishop of Mainz, dies  

0869  On February - 04 death of saint Cyril, Greek missionary to the Slavs (b. 827)  

1189  On February - 04 gilbert of Sempringham, English monastery founder/saint, dies  

1222  Willem I, earl of Holland (1203-22), dies on this day in history.  

1503  On this day in history queen Elizabeth, consort of Henry VII of England, dies  

1505  Joan of Valois, Queen of France/saint, dies at 40 on this day in history.  

1508  Death of Conrad Celtes, German humanist scholar (b. 1459) on this day in history.  

1553  On this day in history caspar Othmayr, composer, dies at 37  

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1590  On this day in history gioseffo Zarlino, composer, dies at 73  

1615  Death of Dom Justo Takayama, Japanese warlord (b. 1552) on February - 04.  

1617  Louis Elsevier, Dutch publisher, dies at about 76 on this day in history.  

1640  Hendrick C Vroom, Dutch seascape painter, dies on February - 04.  

1694  On February - 04 death of nataliya Kyrillovna Naryshkina, Tsaritsa of Russia (b. 1651)  

1714  Duke of Berry, French King Louis XIV's grandson, dies on February - 04.  

1746  Robert Blair, Scottish poet (Grave), dies at 46 on February - 04.  

1774  On this day in history death of charles Marie de La Condamine, French mathematician and geographer (b. 1701)  

1781  On February - 04 josef Myslivecek, composer, dies at 43  

1799  Death of Étienne-Louis Boullée, French architect (b. 1728) on this day in history.  

1815  Geert Reinders, Dutch cattle breeder/inoculation proponent, dies at 77 on this day in history.  

1816  On February - 04 meingosus Gaelle, composer, dies at 63  

1834  Amelie Julia Candielle, composer, dies at 66 on February - 04.  

1844  On February - 04 willem de Clerq, Dutch merchant/literary, dies at 49  

1854  On February - 04 carl Ludwig Cornelius Westenholz, composer, dies at 66  

1869  On February - 04 johan M Dautzenberg, Flemish author/novelist (Future), dies at 60  

1894  Antoine J "Adolphe" Sax, instrument maker (saxophone), dies at 79 on February - 04.  

1895  On February - 04 faustina Hasse Hodges, composer, dies at 71  

1896  Henry David Leslie, composer, dies at 73 on February - 04.  

1905  On February - 04 death of louis-Ernest Barrias, French sculptor (b. 1841)  

1911  Peter A "Piet" Cronje, South Africa Boer general, dies at about 75 on this day in history.  

1921  Xavier Mellery, Belgian painter/illustrator, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

1927  On February - 04 thomas Linnemann Laub, composer, dies at 74  

1928  On February - 04 hendrik A Lorentz, physicist (L transformation-Nobel 1902), dies at 74  

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1465  On February - 04 birth of french van Brederode, leader of Hoeksen  

1524  On this day in history birth of luis de Camões, Portugal's greatest poet. (d. 1580)  

1549  On this day in history birth of eustache du Caurroy, composer  

1575  Pierre de Barulle, French cardinal was born on February - 04.  

1581  Daniel Selich, composer was born on this day in history.  

1620  On February - 04 birth of gustaf Bonde, Swedish statesman (d. 1667)  

1646  On this day in history birth of hans A Freiherr von Abschatz, Silesian poet  

1677  Johann Ludwig Bach, German composer (d. 1731) was born on this day in history.