Famous Deaths In July - 04

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

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

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 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 July - 04.  

1307  Rudolf III, Duke of Austria/King of Bohemia dies on this day in history.  

1336  Elisabeth van Portugal, queen of Portugal/saint, dies at about 65 on July - 04.  

1498  On July - 04 filips van Burgundy, admiral-general of Netherlands, dies  

1541  Pedro de Alvarado, Spanish occupier, dies at about 56 on July - 04.  

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1546  Death of Hayreddin Barbarossa, Admiral of the Ottoman Navy (b. 1478) on this day in history.  

1578  On July - 04 charles de Berlaymont, baron of Hierges, gov/viceroy of Names, dies  

1603  Philippus the Monte, priest/bandmaster/composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history death of antoine Daniel, French Jesuit missionary, one of the Canadian Martyrs (b. 1601)  

1672  Ambrosius Reiner, composer, dies at 67 on July - 04.  

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  Jean-Joseph Vade, composer, dies at 38 on this day in history.  

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  On July - 04 charles Alexander, Duke of Lotharingen South Neth, dies at 67  

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  On this day in history death of richard Cosway, English artist (b. 1742)  

1826  On this day in history 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  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  On this day in history martin-Joseph Mengal, composer, dies at 67  

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

1856  Istvan Ferenczi, Hungarian sculptor, dies at 64 on July - 04.  

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1330  Ashikaga Yoshiakira, Japanese shogun (d. 1367) was born on this day in history.  

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  Alexander von Papenhoven, Flemish religious sculptor was born on July - 04.  

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

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