Famous Deaths In February - 04

0211  On this day in history lucius Septimus Severus, emperor of Rome (193-211), dies at 64  

0708  Sisinnius, Greek-Syrian pope (708, 20 days), dies on February - 04.  

0856  Hrabanus Maurus, East France, archbishop of Mainz, dies on this day in history.  

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

1189  On this day in history gilbert of Sempringham, English monastery founder/saint, dies  

1222  Willem I, earl of Holland (1203-22), dies on February - 04.  

1503  On February - 04 queen Elizabeth, consort of Henry VII of England, dies  

1505  On this day in history joan of Valois, Queen of France/saint, dies at 40  

1508  On this day in history death of conrad Celtes, German humanist scholar (b. 1459)  

1553  On February - 04 caspar Othmayr, composer, dies at 37  

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1590  Gioseffo Zarlino, composer, dies at 73 on February - 04.  

1615  On February - 04 death of dom Justo Takayama, Japanese warlord (b. 1552)  

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

1640  On this day in history hendrick C Vroom, Dutch seascape painter, dies  

1694  On this day in history 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  Josef Myslivecek, composer, dies at 43 on this day in history.  

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

1815  On this day in history geert Reinders, Dutch cattle breeder/inoculation proponent, dies at 77  

1816  On this day in history meingosus Gaelle, composer, dies at 63  

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

1844  Willem de Clerq, Dutch merchant/literary, dies at 49 on February - 04.  

1854  On this day in history carl Ludwig Cornelius Westenholz, composer, dies at 66  

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

1894  On this day in history antoine J "Adolphe" Sax, instrument maker (saxophone), dies at 79  

1895  Faustina Hasse Hodges, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

1896  On this day in history henry David Leslie, composer, dies at 73  

1905  Death of Louis-Ernest Barrias, French sculptor (b. 1841) on February - 04.  

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 February - 04.  

1927  Thomas Linnemann Laub, composer, dies at 74 on February - 04.  

1928  Hendrik A Lorentz, physicist (L transformation-Nobel 1902), dies at 74 on February - 04.  

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1465  On this day in history birth of french van Brederode, leader of Hoeksen  

1524  Luis de Camões, Portugal's greatest poet. (d. 1580) was born on February - 04.  

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

1575  On February - 04 birth of pierre de Barulle, French cardinal  

1581  On February - 04 birth of daniel Selich, composer  

1620  Gustaf Bonde, Swedish statesman (d. 1667) was born on February - 04.  

1646  Hans A Freiherr von Abschatz, Silesian poet was born on this day in history.  

1677  Johann Ludwig Bach, German composer (d. 1731) was born on February - 04.