Famous Deaths In February - 04

0211  Lucius Septimus Severus, emperor of Rome (193-211), dies at 64 on this day in history.  

0708  Sisinnius, Greek-Syrian pope (708, 20 days), dies on this day in history.  

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  Gilbert of Sempringham, English monastery founder/saint, dies on February - 04.  

1222  On February - 04 willem I, earl of Holland (1203-22), dies  

1503  Queen Elizabeth, consort of Henry VII of England, dies on this day in history.  

1505  Joan of Valois, Queen of France/saint, dies at 40 on February - 04.  

1508  Death of Conrad Celtes, German humanist scholar (b. 1459) on February - 04.  

1553  Caspar Othmayr, composer, dies at 37 on February - 04.  

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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  Louis Elsevier, Dutch publisher, dies at about 76 on February - 04.  

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  On this day in history robert Blair, Scottish poet (Grave), dies at 46  

1774  Death of Charles Marie de La Condamine, French mathematician and geographer (b. 1701) on this day in history.  

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

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

1815  On February - 04 geert Reinders, Dutch cattle breeder/inoculation proponent, dies at 77  

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

1854  Carl Ludwig Cornelius Westenholz, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

1869  Johan M Dautzenberg, Flemish author/novelist (Future), dies at 60 on this day in history.  

1894  On February - 04 antoine J "Adolphe" Sax, instrument maker (saxophone), dies at 79  

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

1896  On February - 04 henry David Leslie, composer, dies at 73  

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

1911  On this day in history peter A "Piet" Cronje, South Africa Boer general, dies at about 75  

1921  Xavier Mellery, Belgian painter/illustrator, dies at 75 on February - 04.  

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

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

1549  On February - 04 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  On this day in history birth of hans A Freiherr von Abschatz, Silesian poet  

1677  On this day in history birth of johann Ludwig Bach, German composer (d. 1731)