Famous Deaths Happened In August - 04

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

1113  On this day in history death of gertrude of Saxony (b. 1030)   

1204  On this day in history death of boniface of Montferrat, margrave of Montferrat, murdered   

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 August - 04.   

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  Juan Sebastian Cano, Spanish explorer, dies on this day in history.   

1566  On August - 04 girolamo della Robbia, Italian sculptor (Majolica relief), dies   

1578  On August - 04 2 Moroccan royalist, dies in battle   

1584  John van Hembyze, South Netherlands Calvinist, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

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  On August - 04 george Abbott, English theologist/archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 60   

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

1666  On August - 04 death of johan Evertsen, ltalian admiral of Zeeland, lynched in Brielle   

1708  On this day in history vincenzo De Grandis, composer, dies at 77   

1712  On August - 04 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 this day in history.   

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  Death of Pierre de Rigaud, French colonial governor in North America (b. 1698) on this day in history.   

1795  Death of Timothy Ruggles, American-born Tory politician (b. 1711) on this day in history.   

1821  William Floyd, US soldier/signer (Declar of Independence), dies at 86 on August - 04.   

1844  On August - 04 death of jakob Aall, Norwegian journalist and statesman (b. 1773)   

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

1856  On August - 04 johann Gottlieb Schneider, composer, dies at 59   

1859  On August - 04 death of jean Vianney, French parish priest (b. 1786)   

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

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  Death of Isaac Levitan, Russian painter (b. 1860) on this day in history.   

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1222  Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, English soldier (d. 1262) was born on August - 04.   

1290  On August - 04 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 this day in history.