Famous Deaths Happened 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  On this day in history 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 May - 04.   

1594  Paul Buys, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1604  Claudio Merulo, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

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  On May - 04 death of arthur Lake, Bishop of Bath and Wells, English bishop and Bible translator (b. 1569)   

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  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  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  Death of Jacques Saly, French sculptor (b. 1717) on this day in history.   

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

1859  Death of Joseph Diaz Gergonne, French mathematician (b. 1771) on this day in history.   

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  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 this day in history.   

1901  On this day in history death of john Jones Ross, Canadian politician (b. 1831)   

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

1008  On May - 04 birth of khajeh Abdollah Ansari, The Persian Sufi (d. 1088)   

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

1611  On May - 04 birth of carlo Rainaldi, composer   

1631  On this day in history birth of mary I Henriette Stuart, daughter of Charles I/queen of England   

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

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