Famous Deaths Happened In May - 04

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

1471  On this day in history death of edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales (killed in battle) (b. 1453)   

1506  Death of Husayn Bayqarah, ruler of Herat (b. 1438) on May - 04.   

1519  Death of Lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (b. 1492) on May - 04.   

1566  On this day in history death of luca Ghini, Italian physician and botanist (b. 1490)   

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

1604  On this day in history claudio Merulo, composer, dies at 71   

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

1615  On this day in history death of adriaan van Roomen, Flemish mathematician (b. 1561)   

1626  Death of Arthur Lake, Bishop of Bath and Wells, English bishop and Bible translator (b. 1569) on May - 04.   

1677  Death of Isaac Barrow, English mathematician (b. 1630) on this day in history.   

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 May - 04 death of james Thornhill, English painter   

1737  On this day in history death of eustace Budgell, English writer (b. 1686)   

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 this day in history.   

1790  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of nikolay Kamensky, Russian general (b. 1776)   

1824  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1859  Death of Joseph Diaz Gergonne, French mathematician (b. 1771) on this day in history.   

1860  On this day in history emil Nikolaus von Reznicek, composer, dies   

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

1880  Death of Edward Clark, Governor of Texas (b. 1815) on May - 04.   

1885  Aleksandar I Karadjordjevic, monarch of Serbia (1842-58), dies at 78 on May - 04.   

1891  Sherlock Holmes, "dies" at Reichenbach Falls on May - 04.   

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  Khajeh Abdollah Ansari, The Persian Sufi (d. 1088) was born on this day in history.   

1008  On this day in history birth of king Henry I of France (d. 1060)   

1611  On May - 04 birth of carlo Rainaldi, composer   

1631  Mary I Henriette Stuart, daughter of Charles I/queen of England was born on this day in history.   

1635  On May - 04 birth of willem van Outhoorn, Dutch governor-general (Dutch East Indies)   

1654  On this day in history birth of kangxi Emperor of China (d. 1722)   

1655  On May - 04 birth of bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori, Italy, piano builder