Famous Deaths Happened In May - 04

1436  On this day in history death of engelbrekt Engelbrektsson, Swedish statesman (b. 1390s)   

1471  On May - 04 death of edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales (killed in battle) (b. 1453)   

1506  On this day in history death of husayn Bayqarah, ruler of Herat (b. 1438)   

1519  Death of Lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (b. 1492) on May - 04.   

1566  Death of Luca Ghini, Italian physician and botanist (b. 1490) on this day in history.   

1594  Paul Buys, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1604  Claudio Merulo, composer, dies at 71 on May - 04.   

1605  Ulisse Aldrovandi, Italian biologist/medical, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1615  Death of Adriaan van Roomen, Flemish mathematician (b. 1561) on this day in history.   

1626  Death of Arthur Lake, Bishop of Bath and Wells, English bishop and Bible translator (b. 1569) on May - 04.   

1677  Death of Isaac Barrow, English mathematician (b. 1630) on May - 04.   

1684  On this day in history death of john Nevison, English highwayman (b. 1639)   

1729  On this day in history death of louis-Antoine, Cardinal de Noailles, French cardinal (b. 1651)   

1734  Death of James Thornhill, English painter on this day in history.   

1737  Death of Eustace Budgell, English writer (b. 1686) on this day in history.   

1752  On May - 04 pieter Snyers, Flemish painter/engraver, dies at 71   

1770  On May - 04 christian Gottfried Krause, composer, dies at 51   

1774  On this day in history death of anthony Ulrich II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (b. 1714)   

1776  On this day in history death of jacques Saly, French sculptor (b. 1717)   

1790  On this day in history death of matthew Tilghman, American delegate to the Continental Congress (b. 1718)   

1799  On this day in history death of tipu Sultan, Indian military leader (b. 1750)   

1811  Death of Nikolay Kamensky, Russian general (b. 1776) on this day in history.   

1824  Death of Joseph Joubert, French essayist and moralist (b. 1754) on May - 04.   

1832  Death of Jan van Speyck, Dutch admiral, buried in New Church on this day in history.   

1855  Camille Pleyel, Austria piano builder/composer, dies at 66 on May - 04.   

1858  Death of Aimé Bonpland, French explorer and botanist (b. 1773) on May - 04.   

1859  Death of Joseph Diaz Gergonne, French mathematician (b. 1771) on this day in history.   

1860  Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek, composer, dies on this day in history.   

1879  On May - 04 william Froude, Brit civil eng/shipbuilder (F Integer), dies at 68   

1880  Death of Edward Clark, Governor of Texas (b. 1815) on this day in history.   

1885  On May - 04 aleksandar I Karadjordjevic, monarch of Serbia (1842-58), dies at 78   

1891  Sherlock Holmes, "dies" at Reichenbach Falls on this day in history.   

1893  On May - 04 george Washington Hewitt, composer, dies at 82   

1901  On this day in history death of john Jones Ross, Canadian politician (b. 1831)   

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1006  Abd-Allah Ansari, Persian mystic/poet (Monadjat) was born on this day in history.   

1008  Khajeh Abdollah Ansari, The Persian Sufi (d. 1088) was born on this day in history.   

1008  On May - 04 birth of king Henry I of France (d. 1060)   

1611  Carlo Rainaldi, composer was born on this day in history.   

1631  Mary I Henriette Stuart, daughter of Charles I/queen of England was born on this day in history.   

1635  On this day in history birth of willem van Outhoorn, Dutch governor-general (Dutch East Indies)   

1654  On May - 04 birth of kangxi Emperor of China (d. 1722)   

1655  On May - 04 birth of bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori, Italy, piano builder