Famous Deaths In May - 04

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

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

1506  Death of Husayn Bayqarah, ruler of Herat (b. 1438) on this day in history.  

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

1566  On May - 04 death of luca Ghini, Italian physician and botanist (b. 1490)  

1594  On May - 04 paul Buys, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies at 62  

1604  On May - 04 claudio Merulo, composer, dies at 71  

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)  

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1677  Death of Isaac Barrow, English mathematician (b. 1630) on this day in history.  

1684  On May - 04 death of john Nevison, English highwayman (b. 1639)  

1729  On May - 04 death of louis-Antoine, Cardinal de Noailles, French cardinal (b. 1651)  

1734  On May - 04 death of james Thornhill, English painter  

1737  Death of Eustace Budgell, English writer (b. 1686) on May - 04.  

1752  On this day in history pieter Snyers, Flemish painter/engraver, dies at 71  

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

1774  Death of Anthony Ulrich II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (b. 1714) on this day in history.  

1776  Death of Jacques Saly, French sculptor (b. 1717) on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

1859  On May - 04 death of joseph Diaz Gergonne, French mathematician (b. 1771)  

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

1879  William Froude, Brit civil eng/shipbuilder (F Integer), dies at 68 on this day in history.  

1880  On this day in history 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  On May - 04 sherlock Holmes, "dies" at Reichenbach Falls  

1893  George Washington Hewitt, composer, dies at 82 on May - 04.  

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

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1006  On this day in history birth of abd-Allah Ansari, Persian mystic/poet (Monadjat)  

1008  On May - 04 birth of khajeh Abdollah Ansari, The Persian Sufi (d. 1088)  

1008  King Henry I of France (d. 1060) was born on this day in history.  

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.