Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In March - 04

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

1877  On this day in history hendrik E van Rijgersma, Dutch governor (St Maarten), dies at 42   

1883  On this day in history 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  On March - 04 joseph H Shorthouse, English writer (John Inglesant), dies at 68   

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  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 this day in history.   

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

1925  Moritz Moszkowski, Polish/German composer, dies at 70 on March - 04.   

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 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  On March - 04 death of hamlin Garland, American novelist (b. 1860)   

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

1942  On March - 04 yuliya Lazarevna Veysberg, composer, dies at 62   

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

1944  Death of Louis Capone, New York organized crime figure (b. 1896) (executed) on March - 04.   

1945  Death of Lucille La Verne, American actress (b. 1872) on March - 04.   

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

1948  Antonin Artaud, French poet/actor (Napoleon), dies at 51 on this day in history.   

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 March - 04.   

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

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

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

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

1960  On March - 04 leonard Warren, US baritone, dies on stage at 48   

1962  On this day in history cairine R Wilson, 1st Canadian female senator (appointed), dies at 77   

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  On March - 04 birth of henry the Navigator, Prince/sponsors Portuguese voyages of discovery   

1492  On March - 04 birth of francesco de Layolle, composer   

1610  William Dobson, English portraitist and painter (d. 1646) was born on this day in history.   

1651  John Baron Somers, (Whig), William III's chief minister (1696-1700) was born on this day in history.   

1665  Philip Christoph von Königsmarck, Swedish soldier (d. 1694) was born on this day in history.   

1678  Antonio Vivaldi, Venice, Baroque violin virtuoso/composer (4 Seasons) was born on March - 04.   

1702  On March - 04 birth of jack Sheppard, English burglar and escapee (d. 1724)