Famous Deaths Happened In August - 04

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

1113  Death of Gertrude of Saxony (b. 1030) on this day in history.   

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

1265  Simon de Montfort, English earl of Leicester, dies in battle on this day in history.   

1306  On August - 04 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  On this day in history philip of Saint-Pol, duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies at 26   

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

1526  On this day in history juan Sebastian Cano, Spanish explorer, dies   

1566  Girolamo della Robbia, Italian sculptor (Majolica relief), dies on this day in history.   

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

1584  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of hugh Broughton, English scholar (b. 1549)   

1633  On August - 04 george Abbott, English theologist/archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 60   

1639  On August - 04 juan R Alarcon y Mendoza, Mexican/Spanish playwright, dies at 58   

1666  On this day in history death of johan Evertsen, ltalian admiral of Zeeland, lynched in Brielle   

1708  On this day in history vincenzo De Grandis, composer, dies at 77   

1712  Johann Jacob de Neufville, composer, dies at 27 on August - 04.   

1718  On August - 04 death of rené Lepage de Ste-Claire, lord-founder of the town of Rimouski, in New France (b. 1656)   

1727  On this day in history death of victor-Maurice, comte de Broglie, French general (b. 1647)   

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 August - 04.   

1795  Death of Timothy Ruggles, American-born Tory politician (b. 1711) on this day in history.   

1821  On August - 04 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 this day in history.   

1856  On August - 04 johann Gottlieb Schneider, composer, dies at 59   

1859  On August - 04 death of jean Vianney, French parish priest (b. 1786)   

1873  On this day in history death of viktor Hartmann, Russian painter (b. 1834)   

1875  On this day in history hans Christian Andersen, Danish fairy tale writer, dies at 70   

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 this day in history.   

1521  Pope Urban VII (d. 1590) was born on August - 04.   

1604  On August - 04 birth of françois Hédelin, abbé d'Aubignac, French writer (d. 1676)   

1664  On August - 04 birth of louis Lully, composer   

1687  Johan Willem Friso, prince of Orange/monarch of Nassau-Dietz [OS] was born on this day in history.   

1701  Thomas Blackwell, Scottish classical scholar (d. 1757) was born on August - 04.