Famous Deaths In December - 04

0765  On December - 04 death of jafar Sadiq, Shia Imam (b. 702)   

0771  Karloman II, French king of Burgundy, dies at about 20 on December - 04.   

0811  Charles, eldest son of emperor Charles the Great, dies at about 39 on December - 04.   

1075  Death of Archbishop Anno II of Cologne on this day in history.   

1123  On this day in history death of omar Khayyám, Persian poet, astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (b. 1048)   

1137  On this day in history lotharius III of Supplinburg, emperor (1125, 33-37), dies at 67   

1182  On this day in history henry, earl of Gelre/Zutphen (1141/79-82), dies   

1214  On this day in history death of william I of Scotland   

1270  On December - 04 death of theobald V of Champagne, King of Navarre   

1334  Death of Pope John XXII (b. 1249) on December - 04.   

1340  On this day in history death of henry Burghersh, English bishop and chancellor (b. 1292)   

1371  Reinald III, the Fat Duke, duke of Gelre (1343-61), dies at 38 on this day in history.   

1459  On December - 04 death of adolf VIII, Duke of Southern Jutland (b. 1401)   

1514  Death of Richard Hunne, English "heretic", commits suicide(?) on December - 04.   

1576  On December - 04 rheticus, mathematician, dies   

1585  Death of John Willock, Scottish reformer on December - 04.   

1603  On this day in history maarten de Vos, Flemish painter, dies at about 71   

1609  Death of Alexander Hume, Scottish poet on this day in history.   

1642  Armand-Jean Duplessis Richelieu, bishop of Lucon, dies at about 57 on December - 04.   

1649  On this day in history outgert Arisz Akersloot, Dutch silversmith, dies at about 73   

1676  On December - 04 johann Georg Ebeling, composer, dies at 39   

1679  On December - 04 death of thomas Hobbes, English philosopher (b. 1588)   

1680  Death of Thomas Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian (b. 1616) on December - 04.   

1696  On December - 04 death of empress Meishō, Japan (b. 1624)   

1732  On December - 04 john Gay, English poet (Beggar's Opera), dies at 47   

1798  On this day in history luigi Galvani, Italian anatomy/physicist, dies at 61   

1807  On December - 04 prince Hall, activist/Masonic leader, dies in Boston   

1828  On December - 04 death of robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1770)   

1836  Daniel Read, composer, dies at 79 on December - 04.   

1884  Alice Mary Smith, composer, dies at 45 on December - 04.   

1890  Death of Willem III, Dutch king, buried on December - 04.   

1902  On this day in history death of charles Dow, American journalist (Dow Jones & Company   

1909  Paul-Albert Besnard, French painter/graphic artist (Elle), dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1915  Gustav Hollaender, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

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1443  Pope Julius II, (1503-13), patron of Michelangelo, Bramante, Raphael was born on this day in history.   

1555  On this day in history birth of heinrich Meibom, German historian and poet (d. 1625)   

1580  On December - 04 birth of samuel Argall, English adventurer and naval officer (d. 1626)   

1584  John Cotton, Puritan clergyman in Mass Bay colony was born on this day in history.   

1595  On December - 04 birth of jean Chapelain, French writer (d. 1674)   

1646  On this day in history birth of alain Emmanuel de Coëtlogon, Marshal of France (d. 1730)   

1660  Andre Campra, composer was born on this day in history.   

1667  On this day in history birth of michel Pignolet de Monteclair, composer