Famous Deaths In July - 03

0683  Leo II, Pope (681-83), dies on this day in history.   

1090  Egbert II van Brunswick, Fries count, dies in battle on this day in history.   

1570  Death of Antonio Paleario, Italian humanist, executed by inquisition at 67 on July - 03.   

1642  Maria de' Medici, French queen-mother, dies at about 69 on July - 03.   

1672  Death of Francis Willughby, English biologist (b. 1635) on this day in history.   

1704  On this day in history death of sophia Alekseyevna, regent of Russia (b. 1657)   

1749  On July - 03 death of william Jones, Welsh mathematician (b. 1675)   

1778  On this day in history jean-Jacques Rousseau, French writer/composer (Pygmalion), dies   

1795  Death of Louis-Georges de Bréquigny, French historian (b. 1714) on this day in history.   

1801  On July - 03 johann Nepomuk Went, composer, dies at 56   

1809  On this day in history joseph Quesne, composer, dies at 62   

1816  Dorothea Jordan, French actress/mistress (William IV), dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1858  On July - 03 death of alexander Andreyevich Ivanov, Russian painter (b. 1806)   

1862  On this day in history william Barksdale, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 40   

1863  Alonzo Hersford Cushing, US Union lt, dies in battle at about 22 on July - 03.   

1873  On July - 03 josef Michal Ksawery Jan Poniatowski, composer, dies at 57   

1891  On this day in history stefano Golinelli, composer, dies at 72   

1904  Theodor Herzl, Austrian journalist/Zionist, dies on this day in history.   

1908  On July - 03 joel Chandler Harris, created Uncle Remus, dies at 59   

1910  On July - 03 julius Slabbe, Belgian writer, dies   

1916  On this day in history henrietta "Hetty" Howland Robinson Green, (Witch of Wall Street), dies   

1918  On July - 03 death of sultan Mehmed V of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1844)   

1933  Death of Hipólito Yrigoyen, President of Argentina (b. 1852) on this day in history.   

1934  On this day in history henry WAE, Prince of Netherlands/father of Queen Juliana, dies   

1935  Death of André Citroën, French automobile pioneer (b. 1878) on this day in history.   

1940  George Shepstone, cricketer (2 Tests for S Africa 1896-99), dies on this day in history.   

1942  Death of Louis Franchet d'Espèrey, French general (b. 1856) on this day in history.   

1948  On this day in history adrien H Gerhard, Dutch SDAP-politician, dies at 90   

1952  Daniel Zamudio, composer, dies at 64 on July - 03.   

1954  Death of Siegfried Handloser, German physician (b. 1895) on this day in history.   

1957  Richard Mohaupt, German composer (Bucolica), dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1960  On July - 03 alfred Henry Ackley, composer, dies at 73   

1965  On July - 03 clarence Loomis, composer, dies at 75   

1966  On this day in history andre Gailhard, composer, dies at 81   

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1423  On July - 03 birth of louis XI, King of France (1461-83)   

1442  Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado of Japan (d. 1500) was born on July - 03.   

1530  Claude Fauchet, French historian (d. 1601) was born on July - 03.   

1567  On July - 03 birth of samuel de Champlain, explorer (Lake Champlain)   

1676  Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Prussian field marshal (d. 1747) was born on this day in history.   

1683  On this day in history birth of edward Young, English poet (Revenge, Complaint)   

1685  Sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet, British cavalry officer (d. 1768) was born on July - 03.   

1687  On this day in history birth of arnold Hoogvliet, Dutch poet (Abraham the Patriarch)