Famous Deaths In May - 04
Tuesday, 29 October 2024
1436 On this day in history 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 Death of Husayn Bayqarah, ruler of Herat (b. 1438) on this day in history.
1519 On this day in history death of lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (b. 1492)
1566 On this day in history death of luca Ghini, Italian physician and botanist (b. 1490)
1594 Paul Buys, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies at 62 on May - 04.
1604 Claudio Merulo, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.
1605 On this day in history ulisse Aldrovandi, Italian biologist/medical, dies at 82
1615 On this day in history death of adriaan van Roomen, Flemish mathematician (b. 1561)
1626 Death of Arthur Lake, Bishop of Bath and Wells, English bishop and Bible translator (b. 1569) on May - 04.
1677 On May - 04 death of isaac Barrow, English mathematician (b. 1630)
1684 Death of John Nevison, English highwayman (b. 1639) on this day in history.
1729 Death of Louis-Antoine, Cardinal de Noailles, French cardinal (b. 1651) on this day in history.
1734 Death of James Thornhill, English painter on May - 04.
1737 On this day in history death of eustace Budgell, English writer (b. 1686)
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 May - 04.
1776 Death of Jacques Saly, French sculptor (b. 1717) on this day in history.
1790 On May - 04 death of matthew Tilghman, American delegate to the Continental Congress (b. 1718)
1799 Death of Tipu Sultan, Indian military leader (b. 1750) on May - 04.
1811 On May - 04 death of nikolay Kamensky, Russian general (b. 1776)
1824 On this day in history death of joseph Joubert, French essayist and moralist (b. 1754)
1832 On May - 04 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 On this day in history death of aimé Bonpland, French explorer and botanist (b. 1773)
1859 On this day in history death of joseph Diaz Gergonne, French mathematician (b. 1771)
1860 Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek, composer, dies on May - 04.
1879 William Froude, Brit civil eng/shipbuilder (F Integer), dies at 68 on this day in history.
1880 On this day in history death of edward Clark, Governor of Texas (b. 1815)
1885 On May - 04 aleksandar I Karadjordjevic, monarch of Serbia (1842-58), dies at 78
1891 On this day in history sherlock Holmes, "dies" at Reichenbach Falls
1893 George Washington Hewitt, composer, dies at 82 on May - 04.
1901 Death of John Jones Ross, Canadian politician (b. 1831) on May - 04.
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