Famous Deaths Happened In May - 04

1436  Death of Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson, Swedish statesman (b. 1390s) on May - 04.   

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  Death of Lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (b. 1492) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1615  On May - 04 death of adriaan van Roomen, Flemish mathematician (b. 1561)   

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

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

1734  Death of James Thornhill, English painter on May - 04.   

1737  On May - 04 death of eustace Budgell, English writer (b. 1686)   

1752  Pieter Snyers, Flemish painter/engraver, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1770  Christian Gottfried Krause, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1799  On May - 04 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 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 this day in history william Froude, Brit civil eng/shipbuilder (F Integer), dies at 68   

1880  On this day in history death of edward Clark, Governor of Texas (b. 1815)   

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  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  On May - 04 birth of abd-Allah Ansari, Persian mystic/poet (Monadjat)   

1008  Khajeh Abdollah Ansari, The Persian Sufi (d. 1088) was born on May - 04.   

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  On this day in history birth of mary I Henriette Stuart, daughter of Charles I/queen of England   

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

1654  Kangxi Emperor of China (d. 1722) was born on this day in history.   

1655  Bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori, Italy, piano builder was born on May - 04.