Famous Deaths In July - 03

0683  On this day in history leo II, Pope (681-83), dies  

1090  On this day in history egbert II van Brunswick, Fries count, dies in battle  

1570  On July - 03 death of antonio Paleario, Italian humanist, executed by inquisition at 67  

1642  On this day in history maria de' Medici, French queen-mother, dies at about 69  

1672  On this day in history death of francis Willughby, English biologist (b. 1635)  

1704  On this day in history death of sophia Alekseyevna, regent of Russia (b. 1657)  

1749  On July - 03 death of william Jones, Welsh mathematician (b. 1675)  

1778  On this day in history jean-Jacques Rousseau, French writer/composer (Pygmalion), dies  

1795  On July - 03 death of louis-Georges de Bréquigny, French historian (b. 1714)  

1801  On this day in history johann Nepomuk Went, composer, dies at 56  

1809  On July - 03 joseph Quesne, composer, dies at 62  

1816  Dorothea Jordan, French actress/mistress (William IV), dies at 65 on July - 03.  

1858  On this day in history death of alexander Andreyevich Ivanov, Russian painter (b. 1806)  

1862  William Barksdale, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 40 on this day in history.  

1863  Alonzo Hersford Cushing, US Union lt, dies in battle at about 22 on July - 03.  

1873  Josef Michal Ksawery Jan Poniatowski, composer, dies at 57 on July - 03.  

1891  Stefano Golinelli, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

1904  On this day in history theodor Herzl, Austrian journalist/Zionist, dies  

1908  On July - 03 joel Chandler Harris, created Uncle Remus, dies at 59  

1910  Julius Slabbe, Belgian writer, dies on July - 03.  

1916  On this day in history henrietta "Hetty" Howland Robinson Green, (Witch of Wall Street), dies  

1918  Death of Sultan Mehmed V of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1844) on this day in history.  

1933  Death of Hipólito Yrigoyen, President of Argentina (b. 1852) on this day in history.  

1934  On this day in history henry WAE, Prince of Netherlands/father of Queen Juliana, dies  

1935  Death of André Citroën, French automobile pioneer (b. 1878) on this day in history.  

1940  George Shepstone, cricketer (2 Tests for S Africa 1896-99), dies on this day in history.  

1942  Death of Louis Franchet d'Espèrey, French general (b. 1856) on this day in history.  

1948  On this day in history adrien H Gerhard, Dutch SDAP-politician, dies at 90  

1952  Daniel Zamudio, composer, dies at 64 on July - 03.  

1954  On this day in history death of siegfried Handloser, German physician (b. 1895)  

1957  Richard Mohaupt, German composer (Bucolica), dies at 52 on July - 03.  

1960  Alfred Henry Ackley, composer, dies at 73 on July - 03.  

1965  On July - 03 clarence Loomis, composer, dies at 75  

1966  On July - 03 andre Gailhard, composer, dies at 81  

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1423  Louis XI, King of France (1461-83) was born on this day in history.  

1442  Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado of Japan (d. 1500) was born on this day in history.  

1530  On July - 03 birth of claude Fauchet, French historian (d. 1601)  

1567  On this day in history birth of samuel de Champlain, explorer (Lake Champlain)  

1676  On July - 03 birth of leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Prussian field marshal (d. 1747)  

1683  Edward Young, English poet (Revenge, Complaint) was born on this day in history.  

1685  On this day in history birth of sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet, British cavalry officer (d. 1768)  

1687  On July - 03 birth of arnold Hoogvliet, Dutch poet (Abraham the Patriarch)