Famous Deaths In May - 04

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  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 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  Death of Adriaan van Roomen, Flemish mathematician (b. 1561) on this day in history.  

1626  Death of Arthur Lake, Bishop of Bath and Wells, English bishop and Bible translator (b. 1569) on this day in history.  

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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 May - 04 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 this day in history.  

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

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  Death of Jacques Saly, French sculptor (b. 1717) on May - 04.  

1790  On this day in history 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  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 May - 04 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  On this day in history death of aimé Bonpland, French explorer and botanist (b. 1773)  

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

1860  On May - 04 emil Nikolaus von Reznicek, composer, dies  

1879  On this day in history 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  Aleksandar I Karadjordjevic, monarch of Serbia (1842-58), dies at 78 on this day in history.  

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

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

1008  On this day in history 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  Mary I Henriette Stuart, daughter of Charles I/queen of England was born on this day in history.  

1635  Willem van Outhoorn, Dutch governor-general (Dutch East Indies) was born on this day in history.  

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.