Famous Deaths In February - 04

0211  Lucius Septimus Severus, emperor of Rome (193-211), dies at 64 on February - 04.  

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

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

0869  Death of Saint Cyril, Greek missionary to the Slavs (b. 827) on February - 04.  

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

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

1503  On February - 04 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 February - 04 caspar Othmayr, composer, dies at 37  

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1590  Gioseffo Zarlino, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

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

1617  On February - 04 louis Elsevier, Dutch publisher, dies at about 76  

1640  On February - 04 hendrick C Vroom, Dutch seascape painter, dies  

1694  Death of Nataliya Kyrillovna Naryshkina, Tsaritsa of Russia (b. 1651) on this day in history.  

1714  Duke of Berry, French King Louis XIV's grandson, dies on this day in history.  

1746  Robert Blair, Scottish poet (Grave), dies at 46 on this day in history.  

1774  On February - 04 death of charles Marie de La Condamine, French mathematician and geographer (b. 1701)  

1781  On this day in history josef Myslivecek, composer, dies at 43  

1799  Death of Étienne-Louis Boullée, French architect (b. 1728) on February - 04.  

1815  Geert Reinders, Dutch cattle breeder/inoculation proponent, dies at 77 on February - 04.  

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

1834  On this day in history amelie Julia Candielle, composer, dies at 66  

1844  On this day in history willem de Clerq, Dutch merchant/literary, dies at 49  

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

1869  Johan M Dautzenberg, Flemish author/novelist (Future), dies at 60 on February - 04.  

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

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  On February - 04 peter A "Piet" Cronje, South Africa Boer general, dies at about 75  

1921  On this day in history xavier Mellery, Belgian painter/illustrator, dies at 75  

1927  Thomas Linnemann Laub, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

1928  On this day in history hendrik A Lorentz, physicist (L transformation-Nobel 1902), dies at 74  

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1465  French van Brederode, leader of Hoeksen was born on this day in history.  

1524  On February - 04 birth of luis de Camões, Portugal's greatest poet. (d. 1580)  

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

1575  On this day in history birth of pierre de Barulle, French cardinal  

1581  Daniel Selich, composer was born on February - 04.  

1620  On this day in history birth of gustaf Bonde, Swedish statesman (d. 1667)  

1646  On February - 04 birth of hans A Freiherr von Abschatz, Silesian poet  

1677  On February - 04 birth of johann Ludwig Bach, German composer (d. 1731)