Best known
Best known
Lady Zhen
Wife of Cao Pi, ruler of Cao Wei
Berengar II of Italy
King of Italy from 950 to 961
Henry I of France
King of the Franks from 1031 to 1060
Gertrude of Saxony
Countess of Holland and Countess of Flanders
Henry de Montfort
English noble
Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester
English nobleman and rebel (c.1208 – 1265)
Lady Zhen — Wife of Cao Pi, ruler of Cao Wei, who died on August 4 221.
Berengar II of Italy — King of Italy from 950 to 961, who died on August 4 966.
Henry I of France — King of the Franks from 1031 to 1060, who died on August 4 1060.
Gertrude of Saxony — Countess of Holland and Countess of Flanders, who died on August 4 1113.
Henry de Montfort — English noble, who died on August 4 1265.
Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester — English nobleman and rebel (c.1208 – 1265), who died on August 4 1265.
All entries
- 1265PPeter de MontfortEnglish magnate, soldier and diplomat
- 1265
Hugh Despenser (justiciar)English judge and baron - 1266
Odo of NeversFrench noble - 1306
Wenceslaus III of BohemiaKing of Bohemia and Poland from 1305 to 1306 - 1345AAl-Salih Ismail, Sultan of EgyptSultan of Egypt and Syria (r. 1342–1345)
- 1378
Galeazzo II ViscontiRuler of Milan - 1430
Philip of Saint-PolCount of Ligny and Saint-Pol - 1526
Juan Sebastián ElcanoSpanish seafarer and circumnavigator - 1578
Sebastian, King of PortugalKing of Portugal from 1557 to 1578 - 1598
William Cecil, 1st Baron BurghleyEnglish statesman and chief adviser to Queen Elizabeth I - 1612
Hugh BroughtonEnglish scholar and theologian - 1639
Juan Ruiz de Alarcón16th-century Spanish writer (died 1639) - 1718
René Lepage de Sainte-Claire - 1727
Victor-Maurice, comte de BroglieMarshal of France - 1741
Andrew Hamilton (lawyer)American lawyer - 1778
Pierre de Rigaud, marquis de Vaudreuil-CavagnialFrench military officer and colonial administrator - 1792
John BurgoyneBritish Army officer, playwright and politician - 1795
Timothy RugglesAmerican politician - 1804
Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount DuncanRoyal Navy Admiral - 1822
Kristjan Jaak PetersonEstonian writer - 1844
Jacob AallNorwegian politician - 1859
John VianneyFrench Catholic priest and saint - 1873
Viktor HartmannRussian architect and painter - 1875
Hans Christian AndersenDanish writer - 1886
Samuel J. TildenGovernor of New York from 1875 to 1876 - 1900
Isaac LevitanRussian painter - 1914
Jules LemaîtreFrench critic and dramatist - 1919
Dave Gregory (cricketer)Australian cricketer - 1922
Enver PashaTurkish general and politician - 1932
Alfred Henry MaurerAmerican painter - 1938
Pearl WhiteAmerican actress - 1940
Ze'ev JabotinskyRussian Revisionist Zionist leader - 1941
Mihály BabitsHungarian poet, writer and translator - 1942
Alberto FranchettiItalian composer - 1944
Krzysztof Kamil BaczyńskiPolish poet and Home Army soldier - 1957
John Cain (34th Premier of Victoria)Australian politician - 1957
Washington LuísPresident of Brazil from 1926 to 1930 - 1958
Ethel AndersonAustralian poet - 1959
József RévaiHungarian politician - 1961
Margarito BautistaMexican Mormon leader - 1962
Marilyn MonroeAmerican actress and model - 1964
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Peter Smith (English cricketer, born 1908)English cricketer - 1976
Enrique AngelelliCatholic bishop - 1976
Roy Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of FleetCanadian newspaper proprietor & media entrepreneur - 1977
Edgar AdrianEnglish electrophysiologist - 1981
Melvyn DouglasAmerican actor - 1982BBruce GoffAmerican architect
- 1985
Don WhillansEnglish rock climber and mountaineer - 1990
Ettore MaseratiItalian automotive engineer - 1992
Seichō MatsumotoJapanese detective fiction writer - 1996
Geoff HamiltonEnglish gardener
- 1997
Jeanne CalmentOldest verified person in history - 1998
Yuri ArtyukhinSoviet cosmonaut - 1999
Victor MatureAmerican actor
- 2003
Frederick Chapman RobbinsAmerican Nobel Prize recipient - 2004
Mary Sherman MorganAmerican rocket fuel scientist - 2004HHossein PanahiIranian actor and poet
- 2005
Anatoly LarkinRussian physicist - 2005
Iván SzabóHungarian politician - 2007
Lee HazlewoodAmerican country and pop songwriter - 2007
Raul HilbergAustrian-born American Holocaust researcher - 2008
Craig Jones (motorcyclist)British motorcycle racer
- 2009BBlake SnyderAmerican screenwriter and author
- 2011
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Brian CrozierBritish journalist and intelligence expert - 2012BBud RileyAmerican football coach
- 2013
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Art DonovanAmerican football player - 2013
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- 2013
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- 2015
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- 2015
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92 people with a Wikipedia article died on August 4, including Lady Zhen, Berengar II of Italy, Henry I of France. The list is in chronological order by year of death and spans all of documented history, from antiquity to the present day. For each person you find their occupation, the year and a link to the Wikipedia biography, where the full story and its sources can be read.
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52 documented historical events happened on August 4, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: Second Barons' War: Royal troops led by Prince Edward defeated baronial forces under Simon de Montfort at the Battle of Evesham in Worcestershire, England. On the same day, in another year: Hundred Years' War: A large-scale mounted raid by Anglo-Gascon forces began under the command of Edward the Black Prince. On Almanaccolo every event is listed in chronological order, grouped by century, and links to the Wikipedia article it comes from, so you can always read further or check the source. Alongside the events you find who was born and who died on this date, and which observances are celebrated around the world.
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