Famous Deaths In August - 04

1060  On August - 04 henry I, King of France (1027..60), dies at 52   

1113  On this day in history death of gertrude of Saxony (b. 1030)   

1204  Death of Boniface of Montferrat, margrave of Montferrat, murdered on this day in history.   

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  Death of Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, son of Edward I of England (b. 1300) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1526  Juan Sebastian Cano, Spanish explorer, dies on August - 04.   

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

1578  On August - 04 2 Moroccan royalist, dies in battle   

1584  On August - 04 john van Hembyze, South Netherlands Calvinist, dies at 71   

1598  On this day in history william Cecil 1st baron Burghley, English premier, dies at 77   

1612  Death of Hugh Broughton, English scholar (b. 1549) on this day in history.   

1633  On August - 04 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 this day in history.   

1712  Johann Jacob de Neufville, composer, dies at 27 on this day in history.   

1718  On this day in history death of rené Lepage de Ste-Claire, lord-founder of the town of Rimouski, in New France (b. 1656)   

1727  On August - 04 death of victor-Maurice, comte de Broglie, French general (b. 1647)   

1741  On this day in history death of andrew Hamilton, American lawyer   

1778  On August - 04 death of pierre de Rigaud, French colonial governor in North America (b. 1698)   

1795  Death of Timothy Ruggles, American-born Tory politician (b. 1711) on August - 04.   

1821  William Floyd, US soldier/signer (Declar of Independence), dies at 86 on this day in history.   

1844  On this day in history death of jakob Aall, Norwegian journalist and statesman (b. 1773)   

1850  On August - 04 frantisek Tucek, composer, dies at 68   

1856  Johann Gottlieb Schneider, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1859  Death of Jean Vianney, French parish priest (b. 1786) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1889  Carl Ludwig Amand Mangold, composer, dies at 75 on August - 04.   

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

1900  On this day in history death of isaac Levitan, Russian painter (b. 1860)   

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1222  On this day in history birth of richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, English soldier (d. 1262)   

1290  Duke Leopold I of Austria (d. 1326) was born on August - 04.   

1502  Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter/carpet designer was born on August - 04.   

1521  On this day in history birth of pope Urban VII (d. 1590)   

1604  François Hédelin, abbé d'Aubignac, French writer (d. 1676) was born on this day in history.   

1664  Louis Lully, composer was born on August - 04.   

1687  On this day in history birth of johan Willem Friso, prince of Orange/monarch of Nassau-Dietz [OS]   

1701  On August - 04 birth of thomas Blackwell, Scottish classical scholar (d. 1757)