Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In March - 04

1876  Alfred Holmes, composer, dies at 38 on this day in history.   

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  Amos Bronson Alcott, US theory/poet (Table Talk), dies at 88 on March - 04.   

1903  Joseph H Shorthouse, English writer (John Inglesant), dies at 68 on March - 04.   

1906  On March - 04 death of john McAllister Schofield, former U.S. Secretary of War and Commanding General of the U.S. Army (b. 1831)   

1910  Death of Knut Ã…ngström, Swedish physicist (b. 1857) on this day in history.   

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

1916  On this day in history death of franz Marc, German painter/co-founder (Blaue Reiter), killed at 36   

1918  On March - 04 eugene D'Harcourt, composer, dies at 58   

1922  On March - 04 bert Williams, famous black, dies at 46, in NYC   

1925  On this day in history 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  Ruben Mattias Liljefors, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1938  Death of George Foster Peabody, American politician (b. 1852) on March - 04.   

1940  Death of Hamlin Garland, American novelist (b. 1860) on March - 04.   

1941  Edoardo Mascheroni, composer, dies at 81 on March - 04.   

1942  On this day in history yuliya Lazarevna Veysberg, composer, dies at 62   

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

1944  On March - 04 death of louis Capone, New York organized crime figure (b. 1896) (executed)   

1945  On March - 04 death of lucille La Verne, American actress (b. 1872)   

1946  Death of Bror von Blixen-Finecke, Danish big-game hunter (b. 1886) on this day in history.   

1948  On this day in history antonin Artaud, French poet/actor (Napoleon), dies at 51   

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 March - 04.   

1952  Death of Charles Scott Sherrington, English scientist, Nobel laureate (b. 1857) on this day in history.   

1953  On March - 04 sergei S Prokoviev, Russian composer (Peter & the wolf), dies at 61   

1954  On March - 04 georg Gohler, composer, dies at 79   

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 this day in history.   

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  On this day in history william Carlos Williams, US physician/poet, dies at 79   

1966  On this day in history 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  Henry the Navigator, Prince/sponsors Portuguese voyages of discovery was born on this day in history.   

1492  On this day in history birth of francesco de Layolle, composer   

1610  On March - 04 birth of william Dobson, English portraitist and painter (d. 1646)   

1651  On this day in history birth of john Baron Somers, (Whig), William III's chief minister (1696-1700)   

1665  On March - 04 birth of philip Christoph von Königsmarck, Swedish soldier (d. 1694)   

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

1702  On this day in history birth of jack Sheppard, English burglar and escapee (d. 1724)