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 July - 04.  

0973  On July - 04 death of ulrich of Augsburg, German bishop (b. 890)  

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  Elisabeth van Portugal, queen of Portugal/saint, dies at about 65 on July - 04.  

1498  Filips van Burgundy, admiral-general of Netherlands, dies on July - 04.  

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

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1546  Death of Hayreddin Barbarossa, Admiral of the Ottoman Navy (b. 1478) on July - 04.  

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

1603  Philippus the Monte, priest/bandmaster/composer, dies at 82 on July - 04.  

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

1627  On this day in history 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 July - 04 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 this day in history.  

1757  On July - 04 jean-Joseph Vade, composer, dies at 38  

1761  On July - 04 death of samuel Richardson, English writer (b. 1689)  

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

1780  On this day in history charles Alexander, Duke of Lotharingen South Neth, dies at 67  

1787  Charles, prince de Rohan-Soubise, marshal of France, dies at 71 on July - 04.  

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

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

1826  John Adams, 2nd president (1797-1801), dies at 90 on July - 04.  

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  Death of William Kirby, English entomologist (b. 1759) on this day in history.  

1851  Martin-Joseph Mengal, composer, dies at 67 on July - 04.  

1854  Karl F Eichhorn, German law historian, dies at 72 on July - 04.  

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  On this day in history birth of murat III, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1595)  

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

1610  Paul Scarron, French playwright (Virgile Travesti) was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history birth of christian F Gellert, Saxony, poet/novelist (Fables & Tales)