Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In March - 04

1876  On March - 04 alfred Holmes, composer, dies at 38   

1877  On March - 04 hendrik E van Rijgersma, Dutch governor (St Maarten), dies at 42   

1883  On March - 04 alexander H Stephens, VP Confederate States, dies at 71   

1888  On this day in history amos Bronson Alcott, US theory/poet (Table Talk), dies at 88   

1903  On March - 04 joseph H Shorthouse, English writer (John Inglesant), dies at 68   

1906  Death of John McAllister Schofield, former U.S. Secretary of War and Commanding General of the U.S. Army (b. 1831) on March - 04.   

1910  On this day in history death of knut Ã…ngström, Swedish physicist (b. 1857)   

1915  On this day in history death of william Willett, inventor of Daylight Saving Time (b. 1856)   

1916  Death of Franz Marc, German painter/co-founder (Blaue Reiter), killed at 36 on March - 04.   

1918  Eugene D'Harcourt, composer, dies at 58 on March - 04.   

1922  Bert Williams, famous black, dies at 46, in NYC on March - 04.   

1925  On March - 04 moritz Moszkowski, Polish/German composer, dies at 70   

1927  Death of Ira Remsen American chemist (b. 1846) on this day in history.   

1933  Willie Walker, US jazz singer/guitarist (Dupree Blues), dies at 36 on March - 04.   

1936  On March - 04 ruben Mattias Liljefors, composer, dies at 64   

1938  Death of George Foster Peabody, American politician (b. 1852) on this day in history.   

1940  On this day in history death of hamlin Garland, American novelist (b. 1860)   

1941  On this day in history edoardo Mascheroni, composer, dies at 81   

1942  Yuliya Lazarevna Veysberg, composer, dies at 62 on March - 04.   

1943  Nikolaos "Sokrates" Politis, Greek foreign minister, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1944  On this day in history death of louis Capone, New York organized crime figure (b. 1896) (executed)   

1945  On this day in history death of lucille La Verne, American actress (b. 1872)   

1946  On March - 04 death of bror von Blixen-Finecke, Danish big-game hunter (b. 1886)   

1948  Antonin Artaud, French poet/actor (Napoleon), dies at 51 on March - 04.   

1950  Death of Adam Rainer, the only man in recorded human history ever to have been both a dwarf and a giant (b. 1899) on this day in history.   

1952  Death of Charles Scott Sherrington, English scientist, Nobel laureate (b. 1857) on March - 04.   

1953  Sergei S Prokoviev, Russian composer (Peter & the wolf), dies at 61 on March - 04.   

1954  Georg Gohler, composer, dies at 79 on March - 04.   

1958  On this day in history albert Kuyle, [Lou Kuitenbrouwer], writer (Jesus' Carpet), dies at 54   

1959  Death of Maxey Long, American athlete (b. 1878) on March - 04.   

1960  Leonard Warren, US baritone, dies on stage at 48 on this day in history.   

1962  Cairine R Wilson, 1st Canadian female senator (appointed), dies at 77 on March - 04.   

1963  William Carlos Williams, US physician/poet, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1966  On March - 04 janis Medins, composer, dies at 75   

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1188  On March - 04 birth of blanche of Castile, wife of Louis VIII of France (d. 1252)   

1394  On this day in history birth of henry the Navigator, Prince/sponsors Portuguese voyages of discovery   

1492  Francesco de Layolle, composer was born on March - 04.   

1610  On this day in history birth of william Dobson, English portraitist and painter (d. 1646)   

1651  On March - 04 birth of john Baron Somers, (Whig), William III's chief minister (1696-1700)   

1665  Philip Christoph von Königsmarck, Swedish soldier (d. 1694) was born on March - 04.   

1678  On this day in history birth of antonio Vivaldi, Venice, Baroque violin virtuoso/composer (4 Seasons)   

1702  Jack Sheppard, English burglar and escapee (d. 1724) was born on this day in history.