Famous Deaths Happened In May - 04
Saturday, 17 January 2026
1436 On May - 04 death of engelbrekt Engelbrektsson, Swedish statesman (b. 1390s) 

1471 On this day in history death of edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales (killed in battle) (b. 1453) 

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

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 May - 04. 

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

1605 On May - 04 ulisse Aldrovandi, Italian biologist/medical, dies at 82 

1615 On this day in history death of adriaan van Roomen, Flemish mathematician (b. 1561) 

1626 On this day in history 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 Death of John Nevison, English highwayman (b. 1639) on May - 04. 

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 this day in history. 

1770 On this day in history christian Gottfried Krause, composer, dies at 51 

1774 Death of Anthony Ulrich II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (b. 1714) on May - 04. 

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 May - 04. 

1799 Death of Tipu Sultan, Indian military leader (b. 1750) on this day in history. 

1811 On May - 04 death of nikolay Kamensky, Russian general (b. 1776) 

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 May - 04. 

1855 On this day in history camille Pleyel, Austria piano builder/composer, dies at 66 

1858 On May - 04 death of aimé Bonpland, French explorer and botanist (b. 1773) 

1859 Death of Joseph Diaz Gergonne, French mathematician (b. 1771) on May - 04. 

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 May - 04. 

1885 On this day in history aleksandar I Karadjordjevic, monarch of Serbia (1842-58), dies at 78 

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

1893 George Washington Hewitt, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history. 

1901 On May - 04 death of john Jones Ross, Canadian politician (b. 1831) 

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