Famous Deaths 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 May - 04.  

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  Death of Luca Ghini, Italian physician and botanist (b. 1490) on May - 04.  

1594  Paul Buys, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

1604  Claudio Merulo, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

1605  On this day in history 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  On May - 04 death of isaac Barrow, English mathematician (b. 1630)  

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 this day in history.  

1734  On this day in history death of james Thornhill, English painter  

1737  On this day in history death of eustace Budgell, English writer (b. 1686)  

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

1770  Christian Gottfried Krause, composer, dies at 51 on May - 04.  

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

1776  On May - 04 death of jacques Saly, French sculptor (b. 1717)  

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

1799  On May - 04 death of tipu Sultan, Indian military leader (b. 1750)  

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

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 this day in history.  

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  On this day in history william Froude, Brit civil eng/shipbuilder (F Integer), dies at 68  

1880  On this day in history death of edward Clark, Governor of Texas (b. 1815)  

1885  Aleksandar I Karadjordjevic, monarch of Serbia (1842-58), dies at 78 on May - 04.  

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

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  On May - 04 birth of khajeh Abdollah Ansari, The Persian Sufi (d. 1088)  

1008  King Henry I of France (d. 1060) was born on this day in history.  

1611  On this day in history birth of carlo Rainaldi, composer  

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