Famous Deaths In May - 04

1436  Death of Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson, Swedish statesman (b. 1390s) on this day in history.  

1471  Death of Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales (killed in battle) (b. 1453) on this day in history.  

1506  Death of Husayn Bayqarah, ruler of Herat (b. 1438) on May - 04.  

1519  On May - 04 death of lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (b. 1492)  

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

1594  On this day in history paul Buys, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies at 62  

1604  Claudio Merulo, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

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

1615  On this day in history 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  Death of Isaac Barrow, English mathematician (b. 1630) on this day in history.  

1684  Death of John Nevison, English highwayman (b. 1639) on this day in history.  

1729  Death of Louis-Antoine, Cardinal de Noailles, French cardinal (b. 1651) on May - 04.  

1734  On this day in history death of james Thornhill, English painter  

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

1752  Pieter Snyers, Flemish painter/engraver, dies at 71 on May - 04.  

1770  Christian Gottfried Krause, composer, dies at 51 on May - 04.  

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 May - 04 death of matthew Tilghman, American delegate to the Continental Congress (b. 1718)  

1799  Death of Tipu Sultan, Indian military leader (b. 1750) on May - 04.  

1811  On this day in history death of nikolay Kamensky, Russian general (b. 1776)  

1824  Death of Joseph Joubert, French essayist and moralist (b. 1754) on this day in history.  

1832  On this day in history death of jan van Speyck, Dutch admiral, buried in New Church  

1855  Camille Pleyel, Austria piano builder/composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

1858  Death of Aimé Bonpland, French explorer and botanist (b. 1773) on this day in history.  

1859  On this day in history death of joseph Diaz Gergonne, French mathematician (b. 1771)  

1860  On this day in history emil Nikolaus von Reznicek, composer, dies  

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  On this day in history sherlock Holmes, "dies" at Reichenbach Falls  

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

1901  Death of John Jones Ross, Canadian politician (b. 1831) on May - 04.  

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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  King Henry I of France (d. 1060) was born on May - 04.  

1611  On this day in history birth of carlo Rainaldi, composer  

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

1635  On May - 04 birth of willem van Outhoorn, Dutch governor-general (Dutch East Indies)  

1654  On this day in history birth of kangxi Emperor of China (d. 1722)  

1655  On this day in history birth of bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori, Italy, piano builder