Famous Deaths Happened In August - 04

1060  Henry I, King of France (1027..60), dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1113  Death of Gertrude of Saxony (b. 1030) on this day in history.   

1204  On August - 04 death of boniface of Montferrat, margrave of Montferrat, murdered   

1265  On August - 04 simon de Montfort, English earl of Leicester, dies in battle   

1306  On August - 04 death of wenceslaus III of Bohemia (b. 1289)   

1338  Death of Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, son of Edward I of England (b. 1300) on this day in history.   

1430  Philip of Saint-Pol, duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies at 26 on August - 04.   

1476  On August - 04 death of jacob van Armagnac-Pardiac, French duke of Nemours, beheaded   

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 August - 04.   

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

1598  William Cecil 1st baron Burghley, English premier, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1612  On August - 04 death of hugh Broughton, English scholar (b. 1549)   

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

1639  Juan R Alarcon y Mendoza, Mexican/Spanish playwright, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1666  Death of Johan Evertsen, ltalian admiral of Zeeland, lynched in Brielle on this day in history.   

1708  On August - 04 vincenzo De Grandis, composer, dies at 77   

1712  On this day in history johann Jacob de Neufville, composer, dies at 27   

1718  Death of René Lepage de Ste-Claire, lord-founder of the town of Rimouski, in New France (b. 1656) on August - 04.   

1727  Death of Victor-Maurice, comte de Broglie, French general (b. 1647) on this day in history.   

1741  Death of Andrew Hamilton, American lawyer on this day in history.   

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

1795  On this day in history death of timothy Ruggles, American-born Tory politician (b. 1711)   

1821  William Floyd, US soldier/signer (Declar of Independence), dies at 86 on this day in history.   

1844  Death of Jakob Aall, Norwegian journalist and statesman (b. 1773) on this day in history.   

1850  On August - 04 frantisek Tucek, composer, dies at 68   

1856  On this day in history johann Gottlieb Schneider, composer, dies at 59   

1859  Death of Jean Vianney, French parish priest (b. 1786) on August - 04.   

1873  Death of Viktor Hartmann, Russian painter (b. 1834) on August - 04.   

1875  Hans Christian Andersen, Danish fairy tale writer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1889  Carl Ludwig Amand Mangold, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1891  George Washington Williams, historian (History of Negro), dies at 41 on August - 04.   

1900  On August - 04 death of isaac Levitan, Russian painter (b. 1860)   

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1222  On this day in history birth of richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, English soldier (d. 1262)   

1290  Duke Leopold I of Austria (d. 1326) was born on August - 04.   

1502  On this day in history birth of pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter/carpet designer   

1521  On August - 04 birth of pope Urban VII (d. 1590)   

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

1664  On this day in history birth of louis Lully, composer   

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

1701  On August - 04 birth of thomas Blackwell, Scottish classical scholar (d. 1757)