Famous Deaths Happened In May - 04

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

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

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 this day in history.   

1566  On May - 04 death of luca Ghini, Italian physician and botanist (b. 1490)   

1594  On this day in history paul Buys, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies at 62   

1604  On this day in history claudio Merulo, composer, dies at 71   

1605  Ulisse Aldrovandi, Italian biologist/medical, dies at 82 on May - 04.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1729  Death of Louis-Antoine, Cardinal de Noailles, French cardinal (b. 1651) on May - 04.   

1734  On May - 04 death of james Thornhill, English painter   

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

1752  Pieter Snyers, Flemish painter/engraver, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

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

1774  Death of Anthony Ulrich II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (b. 1714) on May - 04.   

1776  Death of Jacques Saly, French sculptor (b. 1717) on this day in history.   

1790  Death of Matthew Tilghman, American delegate to the Continental Congress (b. 1718) on this day in history.   

1799  Death of Tipu Sultan, Indian military leader (b. 1750) on May - 04.   

1811  On May - 04 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 May - 04.   

1855  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1860  Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek, composer, dies on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.   

1008  On this day in history birth of king Henry I of France (d. 1060)   

1611  Carlo Rainaldi, composer was born on May - 04.   

1631  Mary I Henriette Stuart, daughter of Charles I/queen of England was born on May - 04.   

1635  Willem van Outhoorn, Dutch governor-general (Dutch East Indies) was born on May - 04.   

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.