Famous Deaths Happened In May - 04

1436  On May - 04 death of engelbrekt Engelbrektsson, Swedish statesman (b. 1390s)   

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

1506  Death of Husayn Bayqarah, ruler of Herat (b. 1438) on this day in history.   

1519  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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  On May - 04 death of james Thornhill, English painter   

1737  Death of Eustace Budgell, English writer (b. 1686) on this day in history.   

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

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  Death of Jacques Saly, French sculptor (b. 1717) on May - 04.   

1790  On this day in history 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 May - 04.   

1832  On May - 04 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  On this day in history 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  On May - 04 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  On this day in history aleksandar I Karadjordjevic, monarch of Serbia (1842-58), dies at 78   

1891  On May - 04 sherlock Holmes, "dies" at Reichenbach Falls   

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  Khajeh Abdollah Ansari, The Persian Sufi (d. 1088) was born on May - 04.   

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

1611  Carlo Rainaldi, composer was born on this day in history.   

1631  Mary I Henriette Stuart, daughter of Charles I/queen of England was born on this day in history.   

1635  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori, Italy, piano builder