Famous Deaths In July - 04

1857  Death of William L. Marcy, American statesman (b. 1786) on this day in history.  

1863  Paul Joseph Revere, US grandson of Paul Revere/Union brig-gen, dies on this day in history.  

1881  Death of Johan Vilhelm Snellman, Finnish statesman (b. 1806) on this day in history.  

1882  On July - 04 death of joseph Brackett, American composer (b. 1797)  

1888  On July - 04 theodor Storm, German judge/author (Schimmelreiter), dies at 70  

1889  Auguste Mermet, composer, dies at 79 on July - 04.  

1891  On July - 04 frederic Louis Ritter, composer, dies at 67  

1901  On July - 04 john Fiske, [Edmund Fisk Green], US historian/philosopher, dies  

1902  Death of Swami Vivekananda, Indian spiritual leader (b. 1863) on this day in history.  

1905  Death of Élisée Reclus, French anarchist (b. 1830) on July - 04.  

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1910  Giovanni V Schiaparelli, Italian astronomer (Mars), dies at 75 on this day in history.  

1916  Death of Alan Seeger, American war poet (b. 1888) on July - 04.  

1917  Johan H C Kern, Dutch linguist (Sanskreet), dies at 84 on this day in history.  

1922  On this day in history death of lothar von Richthofen, German pilot (b. 1894)  

1923  On this day in history florimond Fonteyne, Flemish priest/politician (Volkseeuw), dies at 67  

1926  On this day in history death of pier Giorgio Frassati, Italian Saint (b. 1901)  

1929  On July - 04 otto Taubmann, composer, dies at 70  

1931  Emanuele F duke of Aosta, Italian WW I-general/fascist, dies at 62 on July - 04.  

1934  "Madame" Marie Curie-Sklodovska, Polish/French chemist, dies on July - 04.  

1938  On this day in history otto Bauer, Austrian social democrat, dies at 56  

1941  On this day in history death of antoni Łomnicki, Polish mathematician (b. 1881)  

1943  On July - 04 wladyslaw Sikorski, gen/PM of Poland in exile (1939-43), dies at 62  

1946  Othenio Able, Austria paleontology, dies at 71 on July - 04.  

1948  Death of Monteiro Lobato, Brazilian writer (b. 1882) on July - 04.  

1952  Walter Long, dies at 73 on July - 04.  

1957  Judy Tyler, actress (Princess-Howdy Doody), dies at 24 in car crash on July - 04.  

1958  Adolf Herckenrath, Flemish playwright/poet (Avondvlam), dies at 79 on this day in history.  

1961  Franklyn Farnum, dies of cancer at 83 on this day in history.  

1962  On this day in history rex Bell, actor/lt-gov (Nevada), dies of heart attack at 56  

1963  Fritz Reuter, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

1970  On July - 04 harold Vanderbilt, America Cup winner (1930, 34, 37), dies at 85  

1971  Don McPherson, rocker, dies at 29 on July - 04.  

1973  Leonid Stein, Russian chess player, dies at about 39 on July - 04.  

1974  On July - 04 mohammed SA al-Hoesseini, Mufti of Jerusalem/pres Com Palestine, dies  

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1330  Ashikaga Yoshiakira, Japanese shogun (d. 1367) was born on July - 04.  

1546  On July - 04 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 this day in history.  

1610  On this day in history birth of paul Scarron, French playwright (Virgile Travesti)  

1669  Alexander von Papenhoven, Flemish religious sculptor was born on July - 04.  

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

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