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 May - 04.  

1506  Death of Husayn Bayqarah, ruler of Herat (b. 1438) on May - 04.  

1519  Death of Lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (b. 1492) on this day in history.  

1566  Death of Luca Ghini, Italian physician and botanist (b. 1490) on this day in history.  

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 May - 04.  

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 May - 04.  

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

1734  Death of James Thornhill, English painter on May - 04.  

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

1752  On this day in history pieter Snyers, Flemish painter/engraver, dies at 71  

1770  On this day in history 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  On May - 04 death of matthew Tilghman, American delegate to the Continental Congress (b. 1718)  

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

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  On May - 04 death of jan van Speyck, Dutch admiral, buried in New Church  

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  Death of Joseph Diaz Gergonne, French mathematician (b. 1771) on this day in history.  

1860  Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek, composer, dies on May - 04.  

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 May - 04.  

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  On this day in history george Washington Hewitt, composer, dies at 82  

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 May - 04.  

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

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

1611  Carlo Rainaldi, composer was born on this day in history.  

1631  Mary I Henriette Stuart, daughter of Charles I/queen of England was born on this day in history.  

1635  Willem van Outhoorn, Dutch governor-general (Dutch East Indies) was born on this day in history.  

1654  Kangxi Emperor of China (d. 1722) was born on this day in history.  

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