Famous Deaths In May - 04

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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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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history birth of kangxi Emperor of China (d. 1722)  

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