Famous Deaths In May - 04

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

1471  On this day in history death of edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales (killed in battle) (b. 1453)  

1506  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 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 May - 04.  

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  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 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  Death of James Thornhill, English painter on this day in history.  

1737  On May - 04 death of eustace Budgell, English writer (b. 1686)  

1752  On May - 04 pieter Snyers, Flemish painter/engraver, dies at 71  

1770  On May - 04 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  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  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  On this day in history death of joseph Joubert, French essayist and moralist (b. 1754)  

1832  Death of Jan van Speyck, Dutch admiral, buried in New Church on May - 04.  

1855  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.  

1885  Aleksandar I Karadjordjevic, monarch of Serbia (1842-58), dies at 78 on this day in history.  

1891  Sherlock Holmes, "dies" at Reichenbach Falls on this day in history.  

1893  George Washington Hewitt, composer, dies at 82 on May - 04.  

1901  Death of John Jones Ross, Canadian politician (b. 1831) on this day in history.  

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1006  On May - 04 birth of abd-Allah Ansari, Persian mystic/poet (Monadjat)  

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 May - 04.  

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

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

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