Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In March - 04

1876  On March - 04 alfred Holmes, composer, dies at 38   

1877  On this day in history 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 this day in history amos Bronson Alcott, US theory/poet (Table Talk), dies at 88   

1903  Joseph H Shorthouse, English writer (John Inglesant), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1906  On March - 04 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 March - 04.   

1915  Death of William Willett, inventor of Daylight Saving Time (b. 1856) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1922  On this day in history bert Williams, famous black, dies at 46, in NYC   

1925  On this day in history moritz Moszkowski, Polish/German composer, dies at 70   

1927  On this day in history death of ira Remsen American chemist (b. 1846)   

1933  On this day in history 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  Death of George Foster Peabody, American politician (b. 1852) on this day in history.   

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

1941  On March - 04 edoardo Mascheroni, composer, dies at 81   

1942  Yuliya Lazarevna Veysberg, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1943  On this day in history nikolaos "Sokrates" Politis, Greek foreign minister, dies at 71   

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  Death of Bror von Blixen-Finecke, Danish big-game hunter (b. 1886) on March - 04.   

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 this day in history.   

1952  On March - 04 death of charles Scott Sherrington, English scientist, Nobel laureate (b. 1857)   

1953  On March - 04 sergei S Prokoviev, Russian composer (Peter & the wolf), dies at 61   

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 this day in history.   

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 March - 04.   

1963  William Carlos Williams, US physician/poet, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1966  On March - 04 janis Medins, composer, dies at 75   

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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  On this day in history birth of francesco de Layolle, composer   

1610  William Dobson, English portraitist and painter (d. 1646) was born on this day in history.   

1651  On March - 04 birth of john Baron Somers, (Whig), William III's chief minister (1696-1700)   

1665  On March - 04 birth of philip Christoph von Königsmarck, Swedish soldier (d. 1694)   

1678  On this day in history birth of antonio Vivaldi, Venice, Baroque violin virtuoso/composer (4 Seasons)   

1702  Jack Sheppard, English burglar and escapee (d. 1724) was born on this day in history.