Famous Deaths Happened In October - 04
Thursday, 08 January 2026
1072 Death of Sancho II, king of Castile/bro of Alfonso VI, murdered at about 35 on October - 04. 

1221 Death of William III Talvas, Count of Ponthieu (b. 1179) on this day in history. 

1250 Death of Herman VI, Margrave of Baden on this day in history. 

1305 Death of Emperor Kameyama of Japan (b. 1249) on this day in history. 

1540 On October - 04 helius Eobanus Hessus, German humanist/poet (Silvae), dies 

1564 Pietro P Vergerio, Italian theologist/bishop of Croatia, dies on October - 04. 

1571 On October - 04 claude Togniel d'Espence, French theologist (Sorbonne), dies at 60 

1582 Theresia van Avila, Spanish mystic writer, dies on this day in history. 

1590 Cujacius, [Jacques Cujas], French lawyer, dies at about 68 on this day in history. 

1597 On October - 04 death of sarsa Dengel, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1550) 

1661 Death of Jacqueline Pascal, French child prodigy (b. 1625) on this day in history. 

1669 On October - 04 death of rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, Dutch painter (b. 1606) 

1680 Death of Pierre-Paul Riquet, French engineer on this day in history. 

1713 Valentin Molitor, composer, dies at 76 on October - 04. 

1721 Abraham Alewijn, poet/playwright (Beslikte Swaantje), dies at 36 on this day in history. 

1743 John Campbell, 2nd duke of Argyll/fieldmarshal, dies at 64 on October - 04. 

1749 On October - 04 death of franz Freiherr von der Trenck, Austrian soldier (b. 1711) 

1754 On October - 04 death of tanacharison, Catawba Indian chief 

1755 Samuel von Cocceji, German lawyer, dies on October - 04. 

1785 Death of David Brearly, American statesman (b. 1703) on this day in history. 

1821 On October - 04 death of john Rennie, Scottish engineer (b. 1761) 

1830 On this day in history hans DL earl Yorck von Wartenburg, gov-gen of E-Prussia, dies at 71 

1838 On October - 04 eleanore Sophia Maria Westenholz, composer, dies at 79 

1848 Louis Massonneau, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history. 

1851 On October - 04 death of manuel de Godoy, Spanish statesman (b. 1767) 

1859 Karl Baedeker, German tour guide (Die Schweiz), dies at 57 on this day in history. 

1862 William Duncan Smith, US Confederate brig-general, dies at 36 on this day in history. 

1863 Gerrit Schimmelpenninck, earl of Nijenhuis/Peckedam, dies at 69 on this day in history. 

1864 On this day in history death of joseph Montferrand, French Canadian logger and strong man (b. 1802) 

1867 Death of Francis Xavier Seelos German-American Roman Catholic priest (b. 1819) on this day in history. 

1880 William Lassell, English astronomer (1st moon of Neptune), dies on October - 04. 

1890 On this day in history death of catherine Booth, the Mother of The Salvation Army (b. 1829) 

1892 On this day in history guillaume Van Kerckhoven, Belgian captain, dies at 39 

1893 On this day in history pieter J Elout van Soeterwoude, MP (AR), dies at 88 

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