Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In March - 04

1876  On this day in history alfred Holmes, composer, dies at 38   

1877  On March - 04 hendrik E van Rijgersma, Dutch governor (St Maarten), dies at 42   

1883  On March - 04 alexander H Stephens, VP Confederate States, dies at 71   

1888  On March - 04 amos Bronson Alcott, US theory/poet (Table Talk), dies at 88   

1903  Joseph H Shorthouse, English writer (John Inglesant), dies at 68 on March - 04.   

1906  On this day in history death of john McAllister Schofield, former U.S. Secretary of War and Commanding General of the U.S. Army (b. 1831)   

1910  Death of Knut Ã…ngström, Swedish physicist (b. 1857) on this day in history.   

1915  On March - 04 death of william Willett, inventor of Daylight Saving Time (b. 1856)   

1916  On this day in history death of franz Marc, German painter/co-founder (Blaue Reiter), killed at 36   

1918  Eugene D'Harcourt, composer, dies at 58 on March - 04.   

1922  On March - 04 bert Williams, famous black, dies at 46, in NYC   

1925  Moritz Moszkowski, Polish/German composer, dies at 70 on March - 04.   

1927  On March - 04 death of ira Remsen American chemist (b. 1846)   

1933  On March - 04 willie Walker, US jazz singer/guitarist (Dupree Blues), dies at 36   

1936  Ruben Mattias Liljefors, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1938  On this day in history death of george Foster Peabody, American politician (b. 1852)   

1940  On March - 04 death of hamlin Garland, American novelist (b. 1860)   

1941  Edoardo Mascheroni, composer, dies at 81 on March - 04.   

1942  On March - 04 yuliya Lazarevna Veysberg, composer, dies at 62   

1943  Nikolaos "Sokrates" Politis, Greek foreign minister, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1944  On March - 04 death of louis Capone, New York organized crime figure (b. 1896) (executed)   

1945  On this day in history death of lucille La Verne, American actress (b. 1872)   

1946  On this day in history death of bror von Blixen-Finecke, Danish big-game hunter (b. 1886)   

1948  On this day in history antonin Artaud, French poet/actor (Napoleon), dies at 51   

1950  Death of Adam Rainer, the only man in recorded human history ever to have been both a dwarf and a giant (b. 1899) on March - 04.   

1952  On this day in history death of charles Scott Sherrington, English scientist, Nobel laureate (b. 1857)   

1953  Sergei S Prokoviev, Russian composer (Peter & the wolf), dies at 61 on March - 04.   

1954  Georg Gohler, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1958  On March - 04 albert Kuyle, [Lou Kuitenbrouwer], writer (Jesus' Carpet), dies at 54   

1959  Death of Maxey Long, American athlete (b. 1878) on March - 04.   

1960  On March - 04 leonard Warren, US baritone, dies on stage at 48   

1962  Cairine R Wilson, 1st Canadian female senator (appointed), dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1963  On this day in history william Carlos Williams, US physician/poet, dies at 79   

1966  Janis Medins, composer, dies at 75 on March - 04.   

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1188  On this day in history birth of blanche of Castile, wife of Louis VIII of France (d. 1252)   

1394  On March - 04 birth of henry the Navigator, Prince/sponsors Portuguese voyages of discovery   

1492  Francesco de Layolle, composer was born on March - 04.   

1610  On this day in history birth of william Dobson, English portraitist and painter (d. 1646)   

1651  John Baron Somers, (Whig), William III's chief minister (1696-1700) was born on this day in history.   

1665  Philip Christoph von Königsmarck, Swedish soldier (d. 1694) was born on March - 04.   

1678  On March - 04 birth of antonio Vivaldi, Venice, Baroque violin virtuoso/composer (4 Seasons)   

1702  On March - 04 birth of jack Sheppard, English burglar and escapee (d. 1724)