Famous Deaths In July - 03

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

1090  Egbert II van Brunswick, Fries count, dies in battle on this day in history.  

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

1642  Maria de' Medici, French queen-mother, dies at about 69 on this day in history.  

1672  On July - 03 death of francis Willughby, English biologist (b. 1635)  

1704  Death of Sophia Alekseyevna, regent of Russia (b. 1657) on this day in history.  

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

1801  Johann Nepomuk Went, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.  

1809  Joseph Quesne, composer, dies at 62 on July - 03.  

1816  On July - 03 dorothea Jordan, French actress/mistress (William IV), dies at 65  

1858  Death of Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov, Russian painter (b. 1806) on July - 03.  

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

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

1904  Theodor Herzl, Austrian journalist/Zionist, dies on July - 03.  

1908  Joel Chandler Harris, created Uncle Remus, dies at 59 on this day in history.  

1910  Julius Slabbe, Belgian writer, dies on this day in history.  

1916  Henrietta "Hetty" Howland Robinson Green, (Witch of Wall Street), dies on this day in history.  

1918  On July - 03 death of sultan Mehmed V of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1844)  

1933  Death of Hipólito Yrigoyen, President of Argentina (b. 1852) on July - 03.  

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

1935  On July - 03 death of andré Citroën, French automobile pioneer (b. 1878)  

1940  On July - 03 george Shepstone, cricketer (2 Tests for S Africa 1896-99), dies  

1942  On July - 03 death of louis Franchet d'Espèrey, French general (b. 1856)  

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

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

1954  Death of Siegfried Handloser, German physician (b. 1895) on this day in history.  

1957  Richard Mohaupt, German composer (Bucolica), dies at 52 on this day in history.  

1960  On July - 03 alfred Henry Ackley, composer, dies at 73  

1965  Clarence Loomis, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

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 July - 03.  

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

1530  On this day in history 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  Sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet, British cavalry officer (d. 1768) was born on this day in history.  

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