Famous Deaths In May - 04
Tuesday, 19 March 2024
1436 On this day in history death of engelbrekt Engelbrektsson, Swedish statesman (b. 1390s)
1471 Death of Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales (killed in battle) (b. 1453) on this day in history.
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 On this day in history death of luca Ghini, Italian physician and botanist (b. 1490)
1594 Paul Buys, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies at 62 on May - 04.
1604 On this day in history claudio Merulo, composer, dies at 71
1605 Ulisse Aldrovandi, Italian biologist/medical, dies at 82 on this day in history.
1615 On May - 04 death of adriaan van Roomen, Flemish mathematician (b. 1561)
1626 On May - 04 death of arthur Lake, Bishop of Bath and Wells, English bishop and Bible translator (b. 1569)
1677 On this day in history death of isaac Barrow, English mathematician (b. 1630)
1684 On May - 04 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 May - 04.
1737 Death of Eustace Budgell, English writer (b. 1686) on May - 04.
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 Death of Jacques Saly, French sculptor (b. 1717) on May - 04.
1790 Death of Matthew Tilghman, American delegate to the Continental Congress (b. 1718) on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1832 On May - 04 death of jan van Speyck, Dutch admiral, buried in New Church
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 this day in history.
1859 Death of Joseph Diaz Gergonne, French mathematician (b. 1771) on May - 04.
1860 Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek, composer, dies on May - 04.
1879 On this day in history william Froude, Brit civil eng/shipbuilder (F Integer), dies at 68
1880 On May - 04 death of edward Clark, Governor of Texas (b. 1815)
1885 Aleksandar I Karadjordjevic, monarch of Serbia (1842-58), dies at 78 on May - 04.
1891 Sherlock Holmes, "dies" at Reichenbach Falls on May - 04.
1893 George Washington Hewitt, composer, dies at 82 on May - 04.
1901 Death of John Jones Ross, Canadian politician (b. 1831) on this day in history.
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