Famous Deaths In February - 04

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

0708  On this day in history 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  Gilbert of Sempringham, English monastery founder/saint, dies on February - 04.  

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

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 February - 04.  

1508  On February - 04 death of conrad Celtes, German humanist scholar (b. 1459)  

1553  Caspar Othmayr, composer, dies at 37 on this day in history.  

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

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

1617  Louis Elsevier, Dutch publisher, dies at about 76 on February - 04.  

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

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

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 February - 04.  

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

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 February - 04 amelie Julia Candielle, composer, dies at 66  

1844  Willem de Clerq, Dutch merchant/literary, dies at 49 on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1895  On this day in history faustina Hasse Hodges, composer, dies at 71  

1896  Henry David Leslie, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

1905  Death of Louis-Ernest Barrias, French sculptor (b. 1841) on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

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1465  French van Brederode, leader of Hoeksen was born on February - 04.  

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  Pierre de Barulle, French cardinal was born on this day in history.  

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

1620  Gustaf Bonde, Swedish statesman (d. 1667) was born on this day in history.  

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

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