Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In March - 04

1876  On this day in history 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 March - 04 amos Bronson Alcott, US theory/poet (Table Talk), dies at 88   

1903  Joseph H Shorthouse, English writer (John Inglesant), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

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  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  Eugene D'Harcourt, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1922  Bert Williams, famous black, dies at 46, in NYC on this day in history.   

1925  Moritz Moszkowski, Polish/German composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1927  On March - 04 death of ira Remsen American chemist (b. 1846)   

1933  Willie Walker, US jazz singer/guitarist (Dupree Blues), dies at 36 on this day in history.   

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

1938  On this day in history death of george Foster Peabody, American politician (b. 1852)   

1940  Death of Hamlin Garland, American novelist (b. 1860) on this day in history.   

1941  On March - 04 edoardo Mascheroni, composer, dies at 81   

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

1943  On this day in history nikolaos "Sokrates" Politis, Greek foreign minister, dies at 71   

1944  On March - 04 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  On this day in history death of charles Scott Sherrington, English scientist, Nobel laureate (b. 1857)   

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

1954  Georg Gohler, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

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

1959  On this day in history death of maxey Long, American athlete (b. 1878)   

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

1962  On March - 04 cairine R Wilson, 1st Canadian female senator (appointed), dies at 77   

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

1966  On this day in history janis Medins, composer, dies at 75   

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1188  Blanche of Castile, wife of Louis VIII of France (d. 1252) was born on March - 04.   

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  William Dobson, English portraitist and painter (d. 1646) was born on this day in history.   

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

1665  On this day in history birth of philip Christoph von Königsmarck, Swedish soldier (d. 1694)   

1678  On March - 04 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.