Famous Deaths In December - 04

0765  Death of Jafar Sadiq, Shia Imam (b. 702) on December - 04.   

0771  On this day in history karloman II, French king of Burgundy, dies at about 20   

0811  Charles, eldest son of emperor Charles the Great, dies at about 39 on this day in history.   

1075  On this day in history death of archbishop Anno II of Cologne   

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

1137  Lotharius III of Supplinburg, emperor (1125, 33-37), dies at 67 on December - 04.   

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

1214  Death of William I of Scotland on December - 04.   

1270  Death of Theobald V of Champagne, King of Navarre on December - 04.   

1334  On December - 04 death of pope John XXII (b. 1249)   

1340  Death of Henry Burghersh, English bishop and chancellor (b. 1292) on this day in history.   

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

1459  Death of Adolf VIII, Duke of Southern Jutland (b. 1401) on December - 04.   

1514  On December - 04 death of richard Hunne, English "heretic", commits suicide(?)   

1576  Rheticus, mathematician, dies on December - 04.   

1585  Death of John Willock, Scottish reformer on this day in history.   

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

1609  On December - 04 death of alexander Hume, Scottish poet   

1642  Armand-Jean Duplessis Richelieu, bishop of Lucon, dies at about 57 on this day in history.   

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

1676  Johann Georg Ebeling, composer, dies at 39 on December - 04.   

1679  Death of Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher (b. 1588) on this day in history.   

1680  Death of Thomas Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian (b. 1616) on this day in history.   

1696  Death of Empress Meishō, Japan (b. 1624) on this day in history.   

1732  On this day in history 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 this day in history prince Hall, activist/Masonic leader, dies in Boston   

1828  Death of Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1770) on this day in history.   

1836  Daniel Read, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

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

1890  On December - 04 death of willem III, Dutch king, buried   

1902  Death of Charles Dow, American journalist (Dow Jones & Company on this day in history.   

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

1915  On December - 04 gustav Hollaender, composer, dies at 60   

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1443  Pope Julius II, (1503-13), patron of Michelangelo, Bramante, Raphael was born on December - 04.   

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

1580  Samuel Argall, English adventurer and naval officer (d. 1626) was born on December - 04.   

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

1595  Jean Chapelain, French writer (d. 1674) was born on December - 04.   

1646  Alain Emmanuel de Coëtlogon, Marshal of France (d. 1730) was born on December - 04.   

1660  Andre Campra, composer was born on December - 04.   

1667  Michel Pignolet de Monteclair, composer was born on December - 04.