Famous Deaths In July - 03

0683  Leo II, Pope (681-83), dies on this day in history.  

1090  Egbert II van Brunswick, Fries count, dies in battle on July - 03.  

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

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

1672  On July - 03 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 this day in history death of william Jones, Welsh mathematician (b. 1675)  

1778  Jean-Jacques Rousseau, French writer/composer (Pygmalion), dies on July - 03.  

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 July - 03 joseph Quesne, composer, dies at 62  

1816  Dorothea Jordan, French actress/mistress (William IV), dies at 65 on this day in history.  

1858  Death of Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov, Russian painter (b. 1806) on this day in history.  

1862  On July - 03 william Barksdale, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 40  

1863  Alonzo Hersford Cushing, US Union lt, dies in battle at about 22 on this day in history.  

1873  Josef Michal Ksawery Jan Poniatowski, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.  

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

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

1908  On this day in history 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  On July - 03 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 July - 03.  

1935  On July - 03 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 this day in history.  

1952  Daniel Zamudio, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.  

1954  On July - 03 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 July - 03.  

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 this day in history birth of leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Prussian field marshal (d. 1747)  

1683  On this day in history birth of edward Young, English poet (Revenge, Complaint)  

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

1687  Arnold Hoogvliet, Dutch poet (Abraham the Patriarch) was born on this day in history.