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 May - 04 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 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 this day in history.  

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

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

1615  Death of Adriaan van Roomen, Flemish mathematician (b. 1561) on May - 04.  

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

1677  On this day in history death of isaac Barrow, English mathematician (b. 1630)  

1684  Death of John Nevison, English highwayman (b. 1639) on May - 04.  

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

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

1770  On May - 04 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  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  Death of Jan van Speyck, Dutch admiral, buried in New Church on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1879  William Froude, Brit civil eng/shipbuilder (F Integer), dies at 68 on this day in history.  

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 May - 04.  

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

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

1654  On May - 04 birth of kangxi Emperor of China (d. 1722)  

1655  Bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori, Italy, piano builder was born on this day in history.