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 February - 04.  

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  Gilbert of Sempringham, English monastery founder/saint, dies on this day in history.  

1222  On this day in history willem I, earl of Holland (1203-22), dies  

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

1505  On February - 04 joan of Valois, Queen of France/saint, dies at 40  

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  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 February - 04.  

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  On February - 04 duke of Berry, French King Louis XIV's grandson, dies  

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

1774  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1815  On this day in history 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  Willem de Clerq, Dutch merchant/literary, dies at 49 on this day in history.  

1854  Carl Ludwig Cornelius Westenholz, composer, dies at 66 on February - 04.  

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

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

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

1927  On this day in history thomas Linnemann Laub, composer, dies at 74  

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

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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  Eustache du Caurroy, composer was born on February - 04.  

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 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 February - 04.