Famous Deaths In December - 04

0765  Death of Jafar Sadiq, Shia Imam (b. 702) on this day in history.   

0771  On this day in history karloman II, French king of Burgundy, dies at about 20   

0811  Charles, eldest son of emperor Charles the Great, dies at about 39 on this day in history.   

1075  On December - 04 death of archbishop Anno II of Cologne   

1123  Death of Omar Khayyám, Persian poet, astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (b. 1048) on December - 04.   

1137  Lotharius III of Supplinburg, emperor (1125, 33-37), dies at 67 on December - 04.   

1182  On this day in history henry, earl of Gelre/Zutphen (1141/79-82), dies   

1214  On this day in history death of william I of Scotland   

1270  On December - 04 death of theobald V of Champagne, King of Navarre   

1334  On December - 04 death of pope John XXII (b. 1249)   

1340  On December - 04 death of henry Burghersh, English bishop and chancellor (b. 1292)   

1371  Reinald III, the Fat Duke, duke of Gelre (1343-61), dies at 38 on this day in history.   

1459  Death of Adolf VIII, Duke of Southern Jutland (b. 1401) on this day in history.   

1514  On December - 04 death of richard Hunne, English "heretic", commits suicide(?)   

1576  Rheticus, mathematician, dies on December - 04.   

1585  On December - 04 death of john Willock, Scottish reformer   

1603  On December - 04 maarten de Vos, Flemish painter, dies at about 71   

1609  Death of Alexander Hume, Scottish poet on December - 04.   

1642  Armand-Jean Duplessis Richelieu, bishop of Lucon, dies at about 57 on December - 04.   

1649  Outgert Arisz Akersloot, Dutch silversmith, dies at about 73 on this day in history.   

1676  Johann Georg Ebeling, composer, dies at 39 on this day in history.   

1679  Death of Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher (b. 1588) on December - 04.   

1680  Death of Thomas Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian (b. 1616) on December - 04.   

1696  Death of Empress Meishō, Japan (b. 1624) on December - 04.   

1732  On this day in history john Gay, English poet (Beggar's Opera), dies at 47   

1798  On December - 04 luigi Galvani, Italian anatomy/physicist, dies at 61   

1807  On December - 04 prince Hall, activist/Masonic leader, dies in Boston   

1828  Death of Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1770) on December - 04.   

1836  Daniel Read, composer, dies at 79 on December - 04.   

1884  On this day in history alice Mary Smith, composer, dies at 45   

1890  On December - 04 death of willem III, Dutch king, buried   

1902  On December - 04 death of charles Dow, American journalist (Dow Jones & Company   

1909  On December - 04 paul-Albert Besnard, French painter/graphic artist (Elle), dies at 60   

1915  Gustav Hollaender, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

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1443  On December - 04 birth of pope Julius II, (1503-13), patron of Michelangelo, Bramante, Raphael   

1555  Heinrich Meibom, German historian and poet (d. 1625) was born on this day in history.   

1580  On this day in history birth of samuel Argall, English adventurer and naval officer (d. 1626)   

1584  John Cotton, Puritan clergyman in Mass Bay colony was born on December - 04.   

1595  Jean Chapelain, French writer (d. 1674) was born on December - 04.   

1646  Alain Emmanuel de Coëtlogon, Marshal of France (d. 1730) was born on December - 04.   

1660  On this day in history birth of andre Campra, composer   

1667  Michel Pignolet de Monteclair, composer was born on December - 04.