Famous Deaths 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 August - 04.   

1204  On August - 04 death of boniface of Montferrat, margrave of Montferrat, murdered   

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

1306  Death of Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (b. 1289) on August - 04.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1598  William Cecil 1st baron Burghley, English premier, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1612  Death of Hugh Broughton, English scholar (b. 1549) on August - 04.   

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  On August - 04 johann Jacob de Neufville, composer, dies at 27   

1718  Death of René Lepage de Ste-Claire, lord-founder of the town of Rimouski, in New France (b. 1656) on August - 04.   

1727  Death of Victor-Maurice, comte de Broglie, French general (b. 1647) on this day in history.   

1741  Death of Andrew Hamilton, American lawyer on this day in history.   

1778  On this day in history death of pierre de Rigaud, French colonial governor in North America (b. 1698)   

1795  On August - 04 death of timothy Ruggles, American-born Tory politician (b. 1711)   

1821  William Floyd, US soldier/signer (Declar of Independence), dies at 86 on August - 04.   

1844  Death of Jakob Aall, Norwegian journalist and statesman (b. 1773) on this day in history.   

1850  Frantisek Tucek, composer, dies at 68 on August - 04.   

1856  Johann Gottlieb Schneider, composer, dies at 59 on August - 04.   

1859  On this day in history death of jean Vianney, French parish priest (b. 1786)   

1873  Death of Viktor Hartmann, Russian painter (b. 1834) on this day in history.   

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  Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, English soldier (d. 1262) was born on this day in history.   

1290  Duke Leopold I of Austria (d. 1326) was born on this day in history.   

1502  Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter/carpet designer was born on this day in history.   

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

1604  On this day in history birth of françois Hédelin, abbé d'Aubignac, French writer (d. 1676)   

1664  Louis Lully, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

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