Famous Deaths In July - 04

0907  Death of Luitpold, Margrave of Bavaria on this day in history.   

0965  On July - 04 death of pope Benedict V, Italian Roman Catholic Pope (b. unknown)   

0966  On July - 04 benedictus V Grammaticus, Italian Pope (5/22-6/23 964), dies   

0973  On July - 04 death of ulrich of Augsburg, German bishop (b. 890)   

1187  Reinoud van Châtillon, French prince of Antioch, dies on this day in history.   

1301  Willem II Berthout van Mechelen, bishop of Utrecht, dies in battle on July - 04.   

1307  On July - 04 rudolf III, Duke of Austria/King of Bohemia dies   

1336  On this day in history elisabeth van Portugal, queen of Portugal/saint, dies at about 65   

1498  On this day in history filips van Burgundy, admiral-general of Netherlands, dies   

1541  On this day in history pedro de Alvarado, Spanish occupier, dies at about 56   

1546  Death of Hayreddin Barbarossa, Admiral of the Ottoman Navy (b. 1478) on July - 04.   

1578  On July - 04 charles de Berlaymont, baron of Hierges, gov/viceroy of Names, dies   

1603  On July - 04 philippus the Monte, priest/bandmaster/composer, dies at 82   

1623  On this day in history william Byrd, English composer (Ave verum corpus), dies at 80   

1627  Thomas Middleton, Elizabethan dramatist (Women Beware Women), dies on July - 04.   

1648  Death of Antoine Daniel, French Jesuit missionary, one of the Canadian Martyrs (b. 1601) on this day in history.   

1672  Ambrosius Reiner, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1742  Death of Guido Grandi, Italian mathematician (b. 1671) on July - 04.   

1754  Death of Philippe Néricault Destouches, French dramatist and author (b. 1680) on July - 04.   

1757  Jean-Joseph Vade, composer, dies at 38 on this day in history.   

1761  On July - 04 death of samuel Richardson, English writer (b. 1689)   

1768  Willem van Hairs, Fries nobleman/poet (Suicide), dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1780  Charles Alexander, Duke of Lotharingen South Neth, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1787  Charles, prince de Rohan-Soubise, marshal of France, dies at 71 on July - 04.   

1789  Claudio M da Costa, Brazilian conductor, dies at 59 on July - 04.   

1821  Death of Richard Cosway, English artist (b. 1742) on this day in history.   

1826  John Adams, 2nd president (1797-1801), dies at 90 on this day in history.   

1831  James Monroe, 5th president (1817-25), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1845  On this day in history pierre P Royer-Collard, French philosopher/Council of 500, dies   

1848  On this day in history francois Rene de Chateaubriand, French novelist (Atala)/diplomat, dies   

1850  On July - 04 death of william Kirby, English entomologist (b. 1759)   

1851  On July - 04 martin-Joseph Mengal, composer, dies at 67   

1854  Karl F Eichhorn, German law historian, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1856  Istvan Ferenczi, Hungarian sculptor, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

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1330  On this day in history birth of ashikaga Yoshiakira, Japanese shogun (d. 1367)   

1546  On this day in history birth of murad III, sultan of Turkey (1574-95)   

1546  Murat III, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1595) was born on this day in history.   

1610  Cornelis Evertsen, the Elder, Dutch/Swiss vice-admiral was born on this day in history.   

1610  Paul Scarron, French playwright (Virgile Travesti) was born on this day in history.   

1669  On July - 04 birth of alexander von Papenhoven, Flemish religious sculptor   

1694  Louis-Claude Daquin, [d'Acquin], French organist/composer (La Rose) was born on this day in history.   

1715  Christian F Gellert, Saxony, poet/novelist (Fables & Tales) was born on July - 04.