Famous Deaths In May - 04

1436  Death of Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson, Swedish statesman (b. 1390s) on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1519  Death of Lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (b. 1492) on this day in history.  

1566  Death of Luca Ghini, Italian physician and botanist (b. 1490) on May - 04.  

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

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

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  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 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 May - 04.  

1734  Death of James Thornhill, English painter on this day in history.  

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

1774  On May - 04 death of anthony Ulrich II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (b. 1714)  

1776  On this day in history death of jacques Saly, French sculptor (b. 1717)  

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

1824  On May - 04 death of joseph Joubert, French essayist and moralist (b. 1754)  

1832  Death of Jan van Speyck, Dutch admiral, buried in New Church on May - 04.  

1855  On May - 04 camille Pleyel, Austria piano builder/composer, dies at 66  

1858  Death of Aimé Bonpland, French explorer and botanist (b. 1773) on May - 04.  

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 this day in history.  

1885  On May - 04 aleksandar I Karadjordjevic, monarch of Serbia (1842-58), dies at 78  

1891  Sherlock Holmes, "dies" at Reichenbach Falls on May - 04.  

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

1901  Death of John Jones Ross, Canadian politician (b. 1831) on this day in history.  

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1006  Abd-Allah Ansari, Persian mystic/poet (Monadjat) was born on this day in history.  

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

1008  King Henry I of France (d. 1060) was born on May - 04.  

1611  Carlo Rainaldi, composer was born on May - 04.  

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  On May - 04 birth of kangxi Emperor of China (d. 1722)  

1655  On this day in history birth of bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori, Italy, piano builder