Famous Deaths In July - 04

0907  On July - 04 death of luitpold, Margrave of Bavaria  

0965  On July - 04 death of pope Benedict V, Italian Roman Catholic Pope (b. unknown)  

0966  On July - 04 benedictus V Grammaticus, Italian Pope (5/22-6/23 964), dies  

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  On July - 04 willem II Berthout van Mechelen, bishop of Utrecht, dies in battle  

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 this day in history.  

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  On this day in history 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  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  Ambrosius Reiner, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

1768  Willem van Hairs, Fries nobleman/poet (Suicide), dies at 58 on this day in history.  

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 July - 04.  

1789  On this day in history claudio M da Costa, Brazilian conductor, dies at 59  

1821  Death of Richard Cosway, English artist (b. 1742) on July - 04.  

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  On this day in history pierre P Royer-Collard, French philosopher/Council of 500, dies  

1848  On this day in history francois Rene de Chateaubriand, French novelist (Atala)/diplomat, dies  

1850  Death of William Kirby, English entomologist (b. 1759) on this day in history.  

1851  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of ashikaga Yoshiakira, Japanese shogun (d. 1367)  

1546  Murad III, sultan of Turkey (1574-95) was born on this day in history.  

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

1610  Cornelis Evertsen, the Elder, Dutch/Swiss vice-admiral was born on this day in history.  

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

1669  On this day in history birth of alexander von Papenhoven, Flemish religious sculptor  

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

1715  Christian F Gellert, Saxony, poet/novelist (Fables & Tales) was born on July - 04.