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 July - 04.  

0966  Benedictus V Grammaticus, Italian Pope (5/22-6/23 964), dies on this day in history.  

0973  Death of Ulrich of Augsburg, German bishop (b. 890) on this day in history.  

1187  On this day in history reinoud van Châtillon, French prince of Antioch, dies  

1301  Willem II Berthout van Mechelen, bishop of Utrecht, dies in battle on this day in history.  

1307  On July - 04 rudolf III, Duke of Austria/King of Bohemia dies  

1336  On July - 04 elisabeth van Portugal, queen of Portugal/saint, dies at about 65  

1498  Filips van Burgundy, admiral-general of Netherlands, dies on this day in history.  

1541  On July - 04 pedro de Alvarado, Spanish occupier, dies at about 56  

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

1578  Charles de Berlaymont, baron of Hierges, gov/viceroy of Names, dies on July - 04.  

1603  On July - 04 philippus the Monte, priest/bandmaster/composer, dies at 82  

1623  William Byrd, English composer (Ave verum corpus), dies at 80 on this day in history.  

1627  Thomas Middleton, Elizabethan dramatist (Women Beware Women), dies on this day in history.  

1648  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of guido Grandi, Italian mathematician (b. 1671)  

1754  On July - 04 death of philippe Néricault Destouches, French dramatist and author (b. 1680)  

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

1761  On this day in history death of samuel Richardson, English writer (b. 1689)  

1768  On this day in history 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  On July - 04 charles, prince de Rohan-Soubise, marshal of France, dies at 71  

1789  Claudio M da Costa, Brazilian conductor, dies at 59 on July - 04.  

1821  On July - 04 death of richard Cosway, English artist (b. 1742)  

1826  John Adams, 2nd president (1797-1801), dies at 90 on this day in history.  

1831  James Monroe, 5th president (1817-25), dies at 73 on July - 04.  

1845  On July - 04 pierre P Royer-Collard, French philosopher/Council of 500, dies  

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  Martin-Joseph Mengal, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

1854  Karl F Eichhorn, German law historian, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

1856  On July - 04 istvan Ferenczi, Hungarian sculptor, dies at 64  

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1330  On this day in history birth of ashikaga Yoshiakira, Japanese shogun (d. 1367)  

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

1546  On July - 04 birth of murat III, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1595)  

1610  On July - 04 birth of cornelis Evertsen, the Elder, Dutch/Swiss vice-admiral  

1610  On July - 04 birth of paul Scarron, French playwright (Virgile Travesti)  

1669  Alexander von Papenhoven, Flemish religious sculptor was born on this day in history.  

1694  On this day in history birth of louis-Claude Daquin, [d'Acquin], French organist/composer (La Rose)  

1715  On July - 04 birth of christian F Gellert, Saxony, poet/novelist (Fables & Tales)