Famous Deaths In July - 04

0907  Death of Luitpold, Margrave of Bavaria on July - 04.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1187  Reinoud van Châtillon, French prince of Antioch, dies on this day in history.  

1301  On this day in history willem II Berthout van Mechelen, bishop of Utrecht, dies in battle  

1307  On this day in history rudolf III, Duke of Austria/King of Bohemia dies  

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 July - 04.  

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

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 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 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  Willem van Hairs, Fries nobleman/poet (Suicide), dies at 58 on July - 04.  

1780  Charles Alexander, Duke of Lotharingen South Neth, dies at 67 on July - 04.  

1787  On this day in history 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  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  Pierre P Royer-Collard, French philosopher/Council of 500, dies on this day in history.  

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 July - 04.  

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

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

1856  Istvan Ferenczi, Hungarian sculptor, dies at 64 on this day in history.  

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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  Murat III, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1595) was born on July - 04.  

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

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

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