Famous Deaths In May - 04

1436  Death of Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson, Swedish statesman (b. 1390s) on this day in history.   

1471  Death of Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales (killed in battle) (b. 1453) on May - 04.   

1506  Death of Husayn Bayqarah, ruler of Herat (b. 1438) on this day in history.   

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

1566  Death of Luca Ghini, Italian physician and botanist (b. 1490) on May - 04.   

1594  On this day in history paul Buys, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies at 62   

1604  On May - 04 claudio Merulo, composer, dies at 71   

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 this day in history.   

1626  On May - 04 death of arthur Lake, Bishop of Bath and Wells, English bishop and Bible translator (b. 1569)   

1677  On May - 04 death of isaac Barrow, English mathematician (b. 1630)   

1684  Death of John Nevison, English highwayman (b. 1639) on this day in history.   

1729  Death of Louis-Antoine, Cardinal de Noailles, French cardinal (b. 1651) on this day in history.   

1734  Death of James Thornhill, English painter on this day in history.   

1737  Death of Eustace Budgell, English writer (b. 1686) on this day in history.   

1752  On this day in history pieter Snyers, Flemish painter/engraver, dies at 71   

1770  Christian Gottfried Krause, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

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  Death of Matthew Tilghman, American delegate to the Continental Congress (b. 1718) on May - 04.   

1799  Death of Tipu Sultan, Indian military leader (b. 1750) on May - 04.   

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  On May - 04 death of jan van Speyck, Dutch admiral, buried in New Church   

1855  On this day in history camille Pleyel, Austria piano builder/composer, dies at 66   

1858  Death of Aimé Bonpland, French explorer and botanist (b. 1773) on May - 04.   

1859  Death of Joseph Diaz Gergonne, French mathematician (b. 1771) on May - 04.   

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

1879  On this day in history william Froude, Brit civil eng/shipbuilder (F Integer), dies at 68   

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

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

1891  On this day in history sherlock Holmes, "dies" at Reichenbach Falls   

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  Abd-Allah Ansari, Persian mystic/poet (Monadjat) was born on May - 04.   

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 this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of willem van Outhoorn, Dutch governor-general (Dutch East Indies)   

1654  Kangxi Emperor of China (d. 1722) was born on May - 04.   

1655  On this day in history birth of bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori, Italy, piano builder