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William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, was an English statesman, the chief adviser of Queen Elizabeth I for most of her reign, twice Secretary of State and Lord High Treasurer from 1572.
Notable Deaths on August 4
1598 — William Cecil
1st Baron Burghley, English academic and politician, Lord High Treasurer (born 1520)
August 4 has 92 recorded notable deaths across history, from 221 to 2024. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Notable Deaths
92 source records
221 – 2024
Today in history
Major events on August 4
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- 1944 Under the state of emergency law, the Finnish Parliament elects Marshal C. G. E. Mannerheim as the President of Finland to replace the resigned Risto Ryti. Source
- 1936 Prime Minister of Greece Ioannis Metaxas suspends parliament and the Constitution and establishes the 4th of August Regime. Source
- 1969 Vietnam War: At the apartment of French intermediary Jean Sainteny in Paris, American representative Henry Kissinger and North Vietnamese representative Xuân Thuỷ begin secret peace negotiations. The negotiations will eventually fail. Source
- 1863 Matica slovenská, Slovakia's public-law cultural and scientific institution focusing on topics around the Slovak nation, is established in Martin. Source
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Barton Lee Hazlewood was an American country and pop singer, songwriter, and record producer, most widely known for his work with guitarist Duane Eddy during the late 1950s and singer Nancy Sinatra in the 1960s and 1970s.
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Canonized a saint in 1925, he is known for his priestly and pastoral work in his parish in Ars, France, resulting in the radical spiritual transformation of the community and its surroundings.
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Nuon Chea was commonly known as "Brother Number Two" (បងធំទី២), as he was second-in-command to Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot, General Secretary of the Party, during the Cambodian genocide of 1975–1979.
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Berengar II was the king of Italy from 950 until his deposition in 961.
More major people who died on August 4
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
2007
Lee Hazlewood
American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1929)
Barton Lee Hazlewood was an American country and pop singer, songwriter, and record producer, most widely known for his work with guitarist Duane Eddy during the late 1950s and singer Nancy Sinatra in the 1960s and…
1859
John Vianney
French priest and saint (born 1786)
John Vianney was a French Catholic priest and member of the Third Order of Mary who is often referred to as the Curé d'Ars.
2019
Nuon Chea
Cambodian politician and theorist for the Khmer Rouge (born 1926)
Nuon Chea, also known as Long Bunruot or Rungloet Laodi, was a Cambodian politician and revolutionary who was the chief ideologist of the Khmer Rouge.
966
Berengar II of Italy (born 900)
Berengar II was the king of Italy from 950 until his deposition in 961. He was a scion of the Anscarid and Unruoching dynasties, and was named after his maternal grandfather, Berengar I.
2015
Billy Sherrill
American songwriter and producer (born 1936)
Billy Norris Sherrill was an American record producer, songwriter, and arranger associated with country artists, notably Tammy Wynette and George Jones.
1741
Andrew Hamilton
Scottish-American lawyer and politician (born 1676)
Andrew Hamilton was a Scottish lawyer in the Thirteen Colonies who settled in Philadelphia. He was best known for his legal victory on behalf of the printer and newspaper publisher John Peter Zenger.
1961
Margarito Bautista
Nahua-Mexican evangelizer, theologian, and religious founder (born 1878)
Margarito Bautista was a Mexican evangelist and religious founder who wrote and preached for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
1378
Galeazzo II Visconti
Lord of Milan (born c. 1320)
Galeazzo II Visconti was a member of the Visconti dynasty and a ruler of Milan, Italy. His most notable military campaigns were against Pope Gregory XI, around 1367.
2005
Iván Szabó
Hungarian economist and politician, Minister of Finance of Hungary (born 1934)
Iván Szabó was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Finance between 1993 and 1994. He joined to the Hungarian Democratic Forum in 1988. He was chosen to the party's presidency in 1990.
1964
Nätti-Jussi
Finnish lumberjack and forest laborer (born 1890)
Juho Vihtori Nätti, known as "Nätti-Jussi" was a Finnish forest laborer. The stories told by Nätti made him a legendary figure, particularly in Lapland.
1919
Dave Gregory
Australian cricketer and umpire (born 1845)
David William Gregory was an Australian cricketer. A right-handed batsman, Gregory was the first Australian national cricket captain, leading the side for the first three recognised Test matches between England and…
1265
Casualties of the Battle of Eversham
Sir Henry de Montfort was the son of Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, and with his father played an important role in the struggle of the barons against King Henry III.
1265
Casualties of the Battle of Eversham
Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, 1st Earl of Chester, also known as Simon V de Montfort, was an English nobleman of French origin and a member of the English peerage, who led the baronial opposition to the rule…
1060
Henry I of France (born 1008)
Henry I was King of the Franks from 1031 to 1060. The royal demesne of France reached its smallest size during his reign, and for this reason he is often seen as emblematic of the weakness of the early Capetians.
2015
Elsie Hillman
American philanthropist and politician (born 1925)
Elsie Hilliard Hillman was a Pittsburgh based philanthropist and a former Republican National Committeewoman. She was the wife of billionaire industrialist Henry Hillman.
1999
Victor Mature
American actor (born 1913)
Victor John Mature was an American stage, film, and television actor who was a leading man in Hollywood during the 1940s and 1950s. His best known film roles include One Million B.C.
1997
Jeanne Calment
French super-centenarian; holds records for the world's substantiated longest-lived person (born 1875)
Jeanne Louise Calment was a French supercentenarian who is the oldest person in recorded history whose age has been verified, with a documented lifespan of 122 years and 164 days.
2014
James Brady
American activist and politician, 15th White House Press Secretary (born 1940)
James Scott Brady was an American journalist, politician, activist and American public official who served as assistant to the U.S.
1113
Gertrude of Saxony
countess and regent of Holland (born c. 1030)
Gertrude of Saxony, also known as Gertrude Billung, was a countess of Holland by marriage to Floris I, Count of Holland, and countess of Flanders by marriage to Robert I, Count of Flanders.