Famous Deaths In July - 03

0683  Leo II, Pope (681-83), dies on July - 03.   

1090  On July - 03 egbert II van Brunswick, Fries count, dies in battle   

1570  Death of Antonio Paleario, Italian humanist, executed by inquisition at 67 on this day in history.   

1642  On July - 03 maria de' Medici, French queen-mother, dies at about 69   

1672  Death of Francis Willughby, English biologist (b. 1635) on July - 03.   

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

1749  Death of William Jones, Welsh mathematician (b. 1675) on July - 03.   

1778  Jean-Jacques Rousseau, French writer/composer (Pygmalion), dies on this day in history.   

1795  Death of Louis-Georges de Bréquigny, French historian (b. 1714) on July - 03.   

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

1809  On this day in history joseph Quesne, composer, dies at 62   

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

1858  On July - 03 death of alexander Andreyevich Ivanov, Russian painter (b. 1806)   

1862  William Barksdale, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 40 on July - 03.   

1863  On this day in history alonzo Hersford Cushing, US Union lt, dies in battle at about 22   

1873  On this day in history josef Michal Ksawery Jan Poniatowski, composer, dies at 57   

1891  Stefano Golinelli, composer, dies at 72 on July - 03.   

1904  Theodor Herzl, Austrian journalist/Zionist, dies on this day in history.   

1908  Joel Chandler Harris, created Uncle Remus, dies at 59 on July - 03.   

1910  On this day in history julius Slabbe, Belgian writer, dies   

1916  Henrietta "Hetty" Howland Robinson Green, (Witch of Wall Street), dies on July - 03.   

1918  On this day in history death of sultan Mehmed V of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1844)   

1933  On this day in history death of hipólito Yrigoyen, President of Argentina (b. 1852)   

1934  Henry WAE, Prince of Netherlands/father of Queen Juliana, dies on this day in history.   

1935  On this day in history death of andré Citroën, French automobile pioneer (b. 1878)   

1940  George Shepstone, cricketer (2 Tests for S Africa 1896-99), dies on July - 03.   

1942  On this day in history death of louis Franchet d'Espèrey, French general (b. 1856)   

1948  Adrien H Gerhard, Dutch SDAP-politician, dies at 90 on July - 03.   

1952  On this day in history daniel Zamudio, composer, dies at 64   

1954  On July - 03 death of siegfried Handloser, German physician (b. 1895)   

1957  On July - 03 richard Mohaupt, German composer (Bucolica), dies at 52   

1960  Alfred Henry Ackley, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1965  On this day in history clarence Loomis, composer, dies at 75   

1966  Andre Gailhard, composer, dies at 81 on July - 03.   

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

1442  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Tsuchimikado of Japan (d. 1500)   

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

1567  Samuel de Champlain, explorer (Lake Champlain) was born on this day in history.   

1676  Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Prussian field marshal (d. 1747) was born on this day in history.   

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)