Famous Deaths Happened In August - 04

1060  Henry I, King of France (1027..60), dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1113  On August - 04 death of gertrude of Saxony (b. 1030)   

1204  Death of Boniface of Montferrat, margrave of Montferrat, murdered on August - 04.   

1265  On this day in history simon de Montfort, English earl of Leicester, dies in battle   

1306  On this day in history death of wenceslaus III of Bohemia (b. 1289)   

1338  On August - 04 death of thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, son of Edward I of England (b. 1300)   

1430  Philip of Saint-Pol, duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies at 26 on August - 04.   

1476  Death of Jacob van Armagnac-Pardiac, French duke of Nemours, beheaded on August - 04.   

1526  On August - 04 juan Sebastian Cano, Spanish explorer, dies   

1566  On August - 04 girolamo della Robbia, Italian sculptor (Majolica relief), dies   

1578  2 Moroccan royalist, dies in battle on this day in history.   

1584  John van Hembyze, South Netherlands Calvinist, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1598  On August - 04 william Cecil 1st baron Burghley, English premier, dies at 77   

1612  Death of Hugh Broughton, English scholar (b. 1549) on August - 04.   

1633  On this day in history george Abbott, English theologist/archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 60   

1639  Juan R Alarcon y Mendoza, Mexican/Spanish playwright, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1666  Death of Johan Evertsen, ltalian admiral of Zeeland, lynched in Brielle on this day in history.   

1708  Vincenzo De Grandis, composer, dies at 77 on August - 04.   

1712  On this day in history johann Jacob de Neufville, composer, dies at 27   

1718  Death of René Lepage de Ste-Claire, lord-founder of the town of Rimouski, in New France (b. 1656) on August - 04.   

1727  Death of Victor-Maurice, comte de Broglie, French general (b. 1647) on this day in history.   

1741  Death of Andrew Hamilton, American lawyer on August - 04.   

1778  Death of Pierre de Rigaud, French colonial governor in North America (b. 1698) on this day in history.   

1795  On August - 04 death of timothy Ruggles, American-born Tory politician (b. 1711)   

1821  On this day in history william Floyd, US soldier/signer (Declar of Independence), dies at 86   

1844  Death of Jakob Aall, Norwegian journalist and statesman (b. 1773) on this day in history.   

1850  Frantisek Tucek, composer, dies at 68 on August - 04.   

1856  Johann Gottlieb Schneider, composer, dies at 59 on August - 04.   

1859  Death of Jean Vianney, French parish priest (b. 1786) on August - 04.   

1873  Death of Viktor Hartmann, Russian painter (b. 1834) on this day in history.   

1875  Hans Christian Andersen, Danish fairy tale writer, dies at 70 on August - 04.   

1889  On August - 04 carl Ludwig Amand Mangold, composer, dies at 75   

1891  George Washington Williams, historian (History of Negro), dies at 41 on this day in history.   

1900  On August - 04 death of isaac Levitan, Russian painter (b. 1860)   

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1222  Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, English soldier (d. 1262) was born on August - 04.   

1290  Duke Leopold I of Austria (d. 1326) was born on this day in history.   

1502  On August - 04 birth of pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter/carpet designer   

1521  On August - 04 birth of pope Urban VII (d. 1590)   

1604  François Hédelin, abbé d'Aubignac, French writer (d. 1676) was born on August - 04.   

1664  On August - 04 birth of louis Lully, composer   

1687  Johan Willem Friso, prince of Orange/monarch of Nassau-Dietz [OS] was born on August - 04.   

1701  On this day in history birth of thomas Blackwell, Scottish classical scholar (d. 1757)