Famous Deaths Happened In May - 04

1436  On May - 04 death of engelbrekt Engelbrektsson, Swedish statesman (b. 1390s)   

1471  Death of Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales (killed in battle) (b. 1453) on this day in history.   

1506  Death of Husayn Bayqarah, ruler of Herat (b. 1438) on this day in history.   

1519  On May - 04 death of lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (b. 1492)   

1566  Death of Luca Ghini, Italian physician and botanist (b. 1490) on this day in history.   

1594  On May - 04 paul Buys, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies at 62   

1604  Claudio Merulo, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1605  Ulisse Aldrovandi, Italian biologist/medical, dies at 82 on May - 04.   

1615  On May - 04 death of adriaan van Roomen, Flemish mathematician (b. 1561)   

1626  On May - 04 death of arthur Lake, Bishop of Bath and Wells, English bishop and Bible translator (b. 1569)   

1677  Death of Isaac Barrow, English mathematician (b. 1630) on May - 04.   

1684  Death of John Nevison, English highwayman (b. 1639) on May - 04.   

1729  On May - 04 death of louis-Antoine, Cardinal de Noailles, French cardinal (b. 1651)   

1734  On this day in history death of james Thornhill, English painter   

1737  Death of Eustace Budgell, English writer (b. 1686) on this day in history.   

1752  On this day in history pieter Snyers, Flemish painter/engraver, dies at 71   

1770  Christian Gottfried Krause, composer, dies at 51 on May - 04.   

1774  On May - 04 death of anthony Ulrich II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (b. 1714)   

1776  Death of Jacques Saly, French sculptor (b. 1717) on May - 04.   

1790  On May - 04 death of matthew Tilghman, American delegate to the Continental Congress (b. 1718)   

1799  On this day in history death of tipu Sultan, Indian military leader (b. 1750)   

1811  On this day in history death of nikolay Kamensky, Russian general (b. 1776)   

1824  Death of Joseph Joubert, French essayist and moralist (b. 1754) on May - 04.   

1832  Death of Jan van Speyck, Dutch admiral, buried in New Church on this day in history.   

1855  On this day in history camille Pleyel, Austria piano builder/composer, dies at 66   

1858  On this day in history death of aimé Bonpland, French explorer and botanist (b. 1773)   

1859  On May - 04 death of joseph Diaz Gergonne, French mathematician (b. 1771)   

1860  Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek, composer, dies on May - 04.   

1879  On May - 04 william Froude, Brit civil eng/shipbuilder (F Integer), dies at 68   

1880  On this day in history death of edward Clark, Governor of Texas (b. 1815)   

1885  Aleksandar I Karadjordjevic, monarch of Serbia (1842-58), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1891  On May - 04 sherlock Holmes, "dies" at Reichenbach Falls   

1893  On this day in history george Washington Hewitt, composer, dies at 82   

1901  Death of John Jones Ross, Canadian politician (b. 1831) on this day in history.   

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1006  On this day in history birth of abd-Allah Ansari, Persian mystic/poet (Monadjat)   

1008  Khajeh Abdollah Ansari, The Persian Sufi (d. 1088) was born on May - 04.   

1008  On May - 04 birth of king Henry I of France (d. 1060)   

1611  Carlo Rainaldi, composer was born on this day in history.   

1631  On this day in history birth of mary I Henriette Stuart, daughter of Charles I/queen of England   

1635  Willem van Outhoorn, Dutch governor-general (Dutch East Indies) was born on this day in history.   

1654  On May - 04 birth of kangxi Emperor of China (d. 1722)   

1655  On this day in history birth of bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori, Italy, piano builder