Famous Deaths Happened In May - 04

1436  On May - 04 death of engelbrekt Engelbrektsson, Swedish statesman (b. 1390s)   

1471  On this day in history death of edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales (killed in battle) (b. 1453)   

1506  On May - 04 death of husayn Bayqarah, ruler of Herat (b. 1438)   

1519  Death of Lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (b. 1492) on this day in history.   

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

1594  Paul Buys, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies at 62 on May - 04.   

1604  On this day in history claudio Merulo, composer, dies at 71   

1605  On May - 04 ulisse Aldrovandi, Italian biologist/medical, dies at 82   

1615  Death of Adriaan van Roomen, Flemish mathematician (b. 1561) on this day in history.   

1626  Death of Arthur Lake, Bishop of Bath and Wells, English bishop and Bible translator (b. 1569) on this day in history.   

1677  Death of Isaac Barrow, English mathematician (b. 1630) on May - 04.   

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

1729  On May - 04 death of louis-Antoine, Cardinal de Noailles, French cardinal (b. 1651)   

1734  Death of James Thornhill, English painter on May - 04.   

1737  Death of Eustace Budgell, English writer (b. 1686) on May - 04.   

1752  On May - 04 pieter Snyers, Flemish painter/engraver, dies at 71   

1770  Christian Gottfried Krause, composer, dies at 51 on May - 04.   

1774  Death of Anthony Ulrich II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (b. 1714) on this day in history.   

1776  On this day in history death of jacques Saly, French sculptor (b. 1717)   

1790  Death of Matthew Tilghman, American delegate to the Continental Congress (b. 1718) on May - 04.   

1799  On May - 04 death of tipu Sultan, Indian military leader (b. 1750)   

1811  Death of Nikolay Kamensky, Russian general (b. 1776) on this day in history.   

1824  On this day in history death of joseph Joubert, French essayist and moralist (b. 1754)   

1832  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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  William Froude, Brit civil eng/shipbuilder (F Integer), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history george Washington Hewitt, composer, dies at 82   

1901  On May - 04 death of john Jones Ross, Canadian politician (b. 1831)   

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1006  On this day in history birth of abd-Allah Ansari, Persian mystic/poet (Monadjat)   

1008  Khajeh Abdollah Ansari, The Persian Sufi (d. 1088) was born on this day in history.   

1008  King Henry I of France (d. 1060) was born on May - 04.   

1611  On this day in history birth of carlo Rainaldi, composer   

1631  On May - 04 birth of mary I Henriette Stuart, daughter of Charles I/queen of England   

1635  On this day in history birth of willem van Outhoorn, Dutch governor-general (Dutch East Indies)   

1654  On this day in history birth of kangxi Emperor of China (d. 1722)   

1655  Bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori, Italy, piano builder was born on this day in history.