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  On February - 04 hrabanus Maurus, East France, archbishop of Mainz, dies  

0869  Death of Saint Cyril, Greek missionary to the Slavs (b. 827) on this day in history.  

1189  Gilbert of Sempringham, English monastery founder/saint, dies on this day in history.  

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

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  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  On February - 04 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 this day in history.  

1640  Hendrick C Vroom, Dutch seascape painter, dies on this day in history.  

1694  Death of Nataliya Kyrillovna Naryshkina, Tsaritsa of Russia (b. 1651) on February - 04.  

1714  On February - 04 duke of Berry, French King Louis XIV's grandson, dies  

1746  Robert Blair, Scottish poet (Grave), dies at 46 on February - 04.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1816  Meingosus Gaelle, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.  

1834  On February - 04 amelie Julia Candielle, composer, dies at 66  

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

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

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

1894  Antoine J "Adolphe" Sax, instrument maker (saxophone), dies at 79 on this day in history.  

1895  Faustina Hasse Hodges, composer, dies at 71 on February - 04.  

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

1905  On February - 04 death of louis-Ernest Barrias, French sculptor (b. 1841)  

1911  Peter A "Piet" Cronje, South Africa Boer general, dies at about 75 on this day in history.  

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  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 this day in history.  

1524  On this day in history birth of luis de Camões, Portugal's greatest poet. (d. 1580)  

1549  On February - 04 birth of eustache du Caurroy, composer  

1575  Pierre de Barulle, French cardinal was born on February - 04.  

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

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

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.