Famous Deaths In May - 04

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

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

1506  On this day in history death of husayn Bayqarah, ruler of Herat (b. 1438)   

1519  On this day in history 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  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  On May - 04 ulisse Aldrovandi, Italian biologist/medical, dies at 82   

1615  Death of Adriaan van Roomen, Flemish mathematician (b. 1561) on May - 04.   

1626  Death of Arthur Lake, Bishop of Bath and Wells, English bishop and Bible translator (b. 1569) on May - 04.   

1677  Death of Isaac Barrow, English mathematician (b. 1630) on May - 04.   

1684  Death of John Nevison, English highwayman (b. 1639) on May - 04.   

1729  Death of Louis-Antoine, Cardinal de Noailles, French cardinal (b. 1651) on May - 04.   

1734  On this day in history death of james Thornhill, English painter   

1737  On this day in history death of eustace Budgell, English writer (b. 1686)   

1752  Pieter Snyers, Flemish painter/engraver, dies at 71 on May - 04.   

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 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  On this day in history death of joseph Joubert, French essayist and moralist (b. 1754)   

1832  On this day in history 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  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  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 May - 04.   

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

1893  On this day in history george Washington Hewitt, composer, dies at 82   

1901  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of khajeh Abdollah Ansari, The Persian Sufi (d. 1088)   

1008  On this day in history birth of king Henry I of France (d. 1060)   

1611  On May - 04 birth of carlo Rainaldi, composer   

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 May - 04.   

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

1655  Bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori, Italy, piano builder was born on this day in history.