Famous Deaths Happened In August - 04

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

1113  On this day in history death of gertrude of Saxony (b. 1030)   

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 August - 04.   

1306  Death of Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (b. 1289) on this day in history.   

1338  On this day in history death of thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, son of Edward I of England (b. 1300)   

1430  On August - 04 philip of Saint-Pol, duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies at 26   

1476  On this day in history death of jacob van Armagnac-Pardiac, French duke of Nemours, beheaded   

1526  Juan Sebastian Cano, Spanish explorer, dies on this day in history.   

1566  On August - 04 girolamo della Robbia, Italian sculptor (Majolica relief), dies   

1578  2 Moroccan royalist, dies in battle on August - 04.   

1584  On this day in history 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 this day in history juan R Alarcon y Mendoza, Mexican/Spanish playwright, dies at 58   

1666  Death of Johan Evertsen, ltalian admiral of Zeeland, lynched in Brielle on August - 04.   

1708  On August - 04 vincenzo De Grandis, composer, dies at 77   

1712  Johann Jacob de Neufville, composer, dies at 27 on this day in history.   

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 August - 04.   

1741  On August - 04 death of andrew Hamilton, American lawyer   

1778  Death of Pierre de Rigaud, French colonial governor in North America (b. 1698) on this day in history.   

1795  On this day in history death of timothy Ruggles, American-born Tory politician (b. 1711)   

1821  On this day in history william Floyd, US soldier/signer (Declar of Independence), dies at 86   

1844  On this day in history death of jakob Aall, Norwegian journalist and statesman (b. 1773)   

1850  On this day in history frantisek Tucek, composer, dies at 68   

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

1859  Death of Jean Vianney, French parish priest (b. 1786) on this day in history.   

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

1875  Hans Christian Andersen, Danish fairy tale writer, dies at 70 on August - 04.   

1889  Carl Ludwig Amand Mangold, composer, dies at 75 on August - 04.   

1891  George Washington Williams, historian (History of Negro), dies at 41 on August - 04.   

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 August - 04.   

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 August - 04 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  On this day in history birth of thomas Blackwell, Scottish classical scholar (d. 1757)