Famous Deaths In May - 04

1436  On this day in history death of engelbrekt Engelbrektsson, Swedish statesman (b. 1390s)   

1471  On May - 04 death of edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales (killed in battle) (b. 1453)   

1506  On May - 04 death of husayn Bayqarah, ruler of Herat (b. 1438)   

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 May - 04.   

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

1604  Claudio Merulo, composer, dies at 71 on May - 04.   

1605  Ulisse Aldrovandi, Italian biologist/medical, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1615  Death of Adriaan van Roomen, Flemish mathematician (b. 1561) on May - 04.   

1626  On this day in history death of arthur Lake, Bishop of Bath and Wells, English bishop and Bible translator (b. 1569)   

1677  On this day in history death of isaac Barrow, English mathematician (b. 1630)   

1684  On this day in history death of john Nevison, English highwayman (b. 1639)   

1729  Death of Louis-Antoine, Cardinal de Noailles, French cardinal (b. 1651) on May - 04.   

1734  On May - 04 death of james Thornhill, English painter   

1737  Death of Eustace Budgell, English writer (b. 1686) on May - 04.   

1752  Pieter Snyers, Flemish painter/engraver, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1770  On May - 04 christian Gottfried Krause, composer, dies at 51   

1774  Death of Anthony Ulrich II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (b. 1714) on this day in history.   

1776  On this day in history death of jacques Saly, French sculptor (b. 1717)   

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

1799  On May - 04 death of tipu Sultan, Indian military leader (b. 1750)   

1811  Death of Nikolay Kamensky, Russian general (b. 1776) on May - 04.   

1824  On May - 04 death of joseph Joubert, French essayist and moralist (b. 1754)   

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

1855  Camille Pleyel, Austria piano builder/composer, dies at 66 on May - 04.   

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

1859  On this day in history death of joseph Diaz Gergonne, French mathematician (b. 1771)   

1860  Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek, composer, dies on this day in history.   

1879  William Froude, Brit civil eng/shipbuilder (F Integer), dies at 68 on May - 04.   

1880  On May - 04 death of edward Clark, Governor of Texas (b. 1815)   

1885  On May - 04 aleksandar I Karadjordjevic, monarch of Serbia (1842-58), dies at 78   

1891  Sherlock Holmes, "dies" at Reichenbach Falls on this day in history.   

1893  George Washington Hewitt, composer, dies at 82 on May - 04.   

1901  On May - 04 death of john Jones Ross, Canadian politician (b. 1831)   

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

1008  On this day in history birth of khajeh Abdollah Ansari, The Persian Sufi (d. 1088)   

1008  King Henry I of France (d. 1060) was born on May - 04.   

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

1631  Mary I Henriette Stuart, daughter of Charles I/queen of England was born on May - 04.   

1635  Willem van Outhoorn, Dutch governor-general (Dutch East Indies) was born on May - 04.   

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