Famous Deaths In May - 04
Friday, 22 September 2023
1436 On this day in history 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 On May - 04 death of husayn Bayqarah, ruler of Herat (b. 1438)
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 Paul Buys, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies at 62 on May - 04.
1604 Claudio Merulo, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.
1605 Ulisse Aldrovandi, Italian biologist/medical, dies at 82 on May - 04.
1615 Death of Adriaan van Roomen, Flemish mathematician (b. 1561) on this day in history.
1626 On May - 04 death of arthur Lake, Bishop of Bath and Wells, English bishop and Bible translator (b. 1569)
1677 On May - 04 death of isaac Barrow, English mathematician (b. 1630)
1684 On this day in history death of john Nevison, English highwayman (b. 1639)
1729 Death of Louis-Antoine, Cardinal de Noailles, French cardinal (b. 1651) on this day in history.
1734 Death of James Thornhill, English painter on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1774 Death of Anthony Ulrich II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (b. 1714) on this day in history.
1776 On May - 04 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 On this day in history death of tipu Sultan, Indian military leader (b. 1750)
1811 On May - 04 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 On May - 04 camille Pleyel, Austria piano builder/composer, dies at 66
1858 On May - 04 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 Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek, composer, dies on May - 04.
1879 William Froude, Brit civil eng/shipbuilder (F Integer), dies at 68 on this day in history.
1880 Death of Edward Clark, Governor of Texas (b. 1815) on May - 04.
1885 On May - 04 aleksandar I Karadjordjevic, monarch of Serbia (1842-58), dies at 78
1891 On May - 04 sherlock Holmes, "dies" at Reichenbach Falls
1893 George Washington Hewitt, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.
1901 Death of John Jones Ross, Canadian politician (b. 1831) on this day in history.
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