Famous Deaths In May - 04

1436  On May - 04 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  Death of Lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (b. 1492) on May - 04.  

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 May - 04.  

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

1605  On this day in history 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 May - 04.  

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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  On this day in history death of louis-Antoine, Cardinal de Noailles, French cardinal (b. 1651)  

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

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  Christian Gottfried Krause, composer, dies at 51 on May - 04.  

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 May - 04.  

1790  On May - 04 death of matthew Tilghman, American delegate to the Continental Congress (b. 1718)  

1799  Death of Tipu Sultan, Indian military leader (b. 1750) on this day in history.  

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  Death of Jan van Speyck, Dutch admiral, buried in New Church on this day in history.  

1855  Camille Pleyel, Austria piano builder/composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

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

1859  On this day in history death of joseph Diaz Gergonne, French mathematician (b. 1771)  

1860  On May - 04 emil Nikolaus von Reznicek, composer, dies  

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 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 this day in history.  

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 May - 04.  

1008  Khajeh Abdollah Ansari, The Persian Sufi (d. 1088) was born on this day in history.  

1008  On May - 04 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  On May - 04 birth of willem van Outhoorn, Dutch governor-general (Dutch East Indies)  

1654  On this day in history birth of kangxi Emperor of China (d. 1722)  

1655  Bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori, Italy, piano builder was born on May - 04.