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

1519  Death of Lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (b. 1492) on this day in history.  

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  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 this day in history.  

1626  Death of Arthur Lake, Bishop of Bath and Wells, English bishop and Bible translator (b. 1569) on this day in history.  

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

1684  Death of John Nevison, English highwayman (b. 1639) on this day in history.  

1729  On this day in history death of louis-Antoine, Cardinal de Noailles, French cardinal (b. 1651)  

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  On May - 04 pieter Snyers, Flemish painter/engraver, dies at 71  

1770  On this day in history christian Gottfried Krause, composer, dies at 51  

1774  On this day in history death of anthony Ulrich II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (b. 1714)  

1776  On this day in history 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  Death of Tipu Sultan, Indian military leader (b. 1750) on this day in history.  

1811  Death of Nikolay Kamensky, Russian general (b. 1776) on this day in history.  

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

1859  Death of Joseph Diaz Gergonne, French mathematician (b. 1771) on May - 04.  

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

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 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 May - 04.  

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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  On May - 04 birth of king Henry I of France (d. 1060)  

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  Kangxi Emperor of China (d. 1722) was born on this day in history.  

1655  On May - 04 birth of bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori, Italy, piano builder