Famous Deaths In July - 04

0907  Death of Luitpold, Margrave of Bavaria on this day in history.  

0965  Death of Pope Benedict V, Italian Roman Catholic Pope (b. unknown) on this day in history.  

0966  Benedictus V Grammaticus, Italian Pope (5/22-6/23 964), dies on July - 04.  

0973  Death of Ulrich of Augsburg, German bishop (b. 890) on July - 04.  

1187  On July - 04 reinoud van Châtillon, French prince of Antioch, dies  

1301  Willem II Berthout van Mechelen, bishop of Utrecht, dies in battle on July - 04.  

1307  Rudolf III, Duke of Austria/King of Bohemia dies on July - 04.  

1336  On this day in history elisabeth van Portugal, queen of Portugal/saint, dies at about 65  

1498  On this day in history filips van Burgundy, admiral-general of Netherlands, dies  

1541  Pedro de Alvarado, Spanish occupier, dies at about 56 on this day in history.  

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1546  On this day in history death of hayreddin Barbarossa, Admiral of the Ottoman Navy (b. 1478)  

1578  On this day in history charles de Berlaymont, baron of Hierges, gov/viceroy of Names, dies  

1603  On this day in history philippus the Monte, priest/bandmaster/composer, dies at 82  

1623  On July - 04 william Byrd, English composer (Ave verum corpus), dies at 80  

1627  On July - 04 thomas Middleton, Elizabethan dramatist (Women Beware Women), dies  

1648  On July - 04 death of antoine Daniel, French Jesuit missionary, one of the Canadian Martyrs (b. 1601)  

1672  On this day in history ambrosius Reiner, composer, dies at 67  

1742  Death of Guido Grandi, Italian mathematician (b. 1671) on this day in history.  

1754  Death of Philippe Néricault Destouches, French dramatist and author (b. 1680) on July - 04.  

1757  On this day in history jean-Joseph Vade, composer, dies at 38  

1761  Death of Samuel Richardson, English writer (b. 1689) on this day in history.  

1768  On July - 04 willem van Hairs, Fries nobleman/poet (Suicide), dies at 58  

1780  Charles Alexander, Duke of Lotharingen South Neth, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

1787  Charles, prince de Rohan-Soubise, marshal of France, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

1789  On July - 04 claudio M da Costa, Brazilian conductor, dies at 59  

1821  Death of Richard Cosway, English artist (b. 1742) on this day in history.  

1826  On July - 04 john Adams, 2nd president (1797-1801), dies at 90  

1831  James Monroe, 5th president (1817-25), dies at 73 on this day in history.  

1845  Pierre P Royer-Collard, French philosopher/Council of 500, dies on July - 04.  

1848  Francois Rene de Chateaubriand, French novelist (Atala)/diplomat, dies on this day in history.  

1850  On July - 04 death of william Kirby, English entomologist (b. 1759)  

1851  On July - 04 martin-Joseph Mengal, composer, dies at 67  

1854  On this day in history karl F Eichhorn, German law historian, dies at 72  

1856  On this day in history istvan Ferenczi, Hungarian sculptor, dies at 64  

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1330  Ashikaga Yoshiakira, Japanese shogun (d. 1367) was born on July - 04.  

1546  On this day in history birth of murad III, sultan of Turkey (1574-95)  

1546  Murat III, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1595) was born on this day in history.  

1610  Cornelis Evertsen, the Elder, Dutch/Swiss vice-admiral was born on July - 04.  

1610  Paul Scarron, French playwright (Virgile Travesti) was born on July - 04.  

1669  On July - 04 birth of alexander von Papenhoven, Flemish religious sculptor  

1694  Louis-Claude Daquin, [d'Acquin], French organist/composer (La Rose) was born on this day in history.  

1715  Christian F Gellert, Saxony, poet/novelist (Fables & Tales) was born on this day in history.