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 May - 04.  

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

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 May - 04.  

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

1684  Death of John Nevison, English highwayman (b. 1639) on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history death of eustace Budgell, English writer (b. 1686)  

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 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 May - 04.  

1811  Death of Nikolay Kamensky, Russian general (b. 1776) on May - 04.  

1824  Death of Joseph Joubert, French essayist and moralist (b. 1754) on this day in history.  

1832  On this day in history death of jan van Speyck, Dutch admiral, buried in New Church  

1855  Camille Pleyel, Austria piano builder/composer, dies at 66 on May - 04.  

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

1859  Death of Joseph Diaz Gergonne, French mathematician (b. 1771) on May - 04.  

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 May - 04.  

1880  On May - 04 death of edward Clark, Governor of Texas (b. 1815)  

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 this day in history.  

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

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 May - 04.  

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

1631  Mary I Henriette Stuart, daughter of Charles I/queen of England was born on May - 04.  

1635  Willem van Outhoorn, Dutch governor-general (Dutch East Indies) was born on May - 04.  

1654  On May - 04 birth of kangxi Emperor of China (d. 1722)  

1655  On May - 04 birth of bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori, Italy, piano builder