Famous Deaths In July - 04

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

0965  On this day in history death of pope Benedict V, Italian Roman Catholic Pope (b. unknown)  

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

0973  On this day in history death of ulrich of Augsburg, German bishop (b. 890)  

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

1301  Willem II Berthout van Mechelen, bishop of Utrecht, dies in battle on July - 04.  

1307  On July - 04 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 this day in history.  

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 July - 04.  

1623  William Byrd, English composer (Ave verum corpus), dies at 80 on July - 04.  

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

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

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

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

1787  Charles, prince de Rohan-Soubise, marshal of France, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

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  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 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 this day in history.  

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1330  On July - 04 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  On July - 04 birth of paul Scarron, French playwright (Virgile Travesti)  

1669  On July - 04 birth of alexander von Papenhoven, Flemish religious sculptor  

1694  On July - 04 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)