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 this day in history.   

1204  Death of Boniface of Montferrat, margrave of Montferrat, murdered on August - 04.   

1265  On this day in history simon de Montfort, English earl of Leicester, dies in battle   

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  Philip of Saint-Pol, duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies at 26 on August - 04.   

1476  Death of Jacob van Armagnac-Pardiac, French duke of Nemours, beheaded on August - 04.   

1526  On this day in history juan Sebastian Cano, Spanish explorer, dies   

1566  On this day in history girolamo della Robbia, Italian sculptor (Majolica relief), dies   

1578  2 Moroccan royalist, dies in battle on this day in history.   

1584  On this day in history john van Hembyze, South Netherlands Calvinist, dies at 71   

1598  On this day in history william Cecil 1st baron Burghley, English premier, dies at 77   

1612  Death of Hugh Broughton, English scholar (b. 1549) on this day in history.   

1633  George Abbott, English theologist/archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 60 on August - 04.   

1639  On this day in history 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  Vincenzo De Grandis, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1712  Johann Jacob de Neufville, composer, dies at 27 on August - 04.   

1718  On this day in history death of rené Lepage de Ste-Claire, lord-founder of the town of Rimouski, in New France (b. 1656)   

1727  On this day in history death of victor-Maurice, comte de Broglie, French general (b. 1647)   

1741  On this day in history death of andrew Hamilton, American lawyer   

1778  On August - 04 death of pierre de Rigaud, French colonial governor in North America (b. 1698)   

1795  Death of Timothy Ruggles, American-born Tory politician (b. 1711) on August - 04.   

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

1856  Johann Gottlieb Schneider, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history carl Ludwig Amand Mangold, composer, dies at 75   

1891  George Washington Williams, historian (History of Negro), dies at 41 on this day in history.   

1900  On August - 04 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  On this day in history birth of duke Leopold I of Austria (d. 1326)   

1502  On August - 04 birth of pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter/carpet designer   

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

1604  On August - 04 birth of françois Hédelin, abbé d'Aubignac, French writer (d. 1676)   

1664  On August - 04 birth of louis Lully, composer   

1687  Johan Willem Friso, prince of Orange/monarch of Nassau-Dietz [OS] was born on August - 04.   

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