Famous Deaths In May - 04

1436  Death of Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson, Swedish statesman (b. 1390s) on this day in history.  

1471  Death of Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales (killed in battle) (b. 1453) on this day in history.  

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 May - 04.  

1594  Paul Buys, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies at 62 on May - 04.  

1604  On May - 04 claudio Merulo, composer, dies at 71  

1605  On May - 04 ulisse Aldrovandi, Italian biologist/medical, dies at 82  

1615  On this day in history death of adriaan van Roomen, Flemish mathematician (b. 1561)  

1626  On May - 04 death of arthur Lake, Bishop of Bath and Wells, English bishop and Bible translator (b. 1569)  

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1677  Death of Isaac Barrow, English mathematician (b. 1630) on this day in history.  

1684  On May - 04 death of john Nevison, English highwayman (b. 1639)  

1729  On May - 04 death of louis-Antoine, Cardinal de Noailles, French cardinal (b. 1651)  

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  On May - 04 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 May - 04.  

1790  Death of Matthew Tilghman, American delegate to the Continental Congress (b. 1718) on May - 04.  

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

1811  On this day in history death of nikolay Kamensky, Russian general (b. 1776)  

1824  On May - 04 death of joseph Joubert, French essayist and moralist (b. 1754)  

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 May - 04 death of joseph Diaz Gergonne, French mathematician (b. 1771)  

1860  On this day in history emil Nikolaus von Reznicek, composer, dies  

1879  On May - 04 william Froude, Brit civil eng/shipbuilder (F Integer), dies at 68  

1880  On May - 04 death of edward Clark, Governor of Texas (b. 1815)  

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  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  On this day in history birth of abd-Allah Ansari, Persian mystic/poet (Monadjat)  

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

1008  On this day in history 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 May - 04.  

1635  On this day in history birth of willem van Outhoorn, Dutch governor-general (Dutch East Indies)  

1654  Kangxi Emperor of China (d. 1722) was born on May - 04.  

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