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- Johannes von PORTMAN, Ratingen, DU († 1665)
Died on Friday August 4, 1595
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Born on August 4
- 1469 » Margaret of Saxony, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg († 1528)
- 1470 » Bernardo Dovizi, Italian cardinal († 1520)
- 1470 » Lucrezia de' Medici, Italian noblewoman († 1553)
- 1521 » Pope Urban VII († 1590)
- 1522 » Udai Singh II, King of Mewar († 1572)
- 1604 » François Hédelin, abbé d'Aubignac, French cleric and author († 1676)
- 1623 » Friedrich Casimir, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg (1641–1680) and Hanau-Münzenberg (1642–1680) († 1685)
- 1701 » Thomas Blackwell, Scottish historian and scholar († 1757)
- 1704 » Louis d'Orléans, Duke of Orléans († 1752)
- 1719 » Johann Gottlob Lehmann, German mineralogist and geologist († 1767)
Died on August 4
- 1430 » Philip I, Duke of Brabant (b. 1404)
- 1526 » Juan Sebastián Elcano, Spanish explorer and navigator (b. 1476)
- 1578 » Sebastian of Portugal (b. 1554)
- 1598 » William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, English academic and politician, Lord High Treasurer (b. 1520)
- 1612 » Hugh Broughton, English scholar and theologian (b. 1549)
- 1639 » Juan Ruiz de Alarcón, Mexican actor and playwright (b. 1581)
- 1718 » René Lepage de Sainte-Claire, French-Canadian founder of Rimouski (b. 1656)
- 1727 » Victor-Maurice, comte de Broglie, French general (b. 1647)
- 1741 » Andrew Hamilton, Scottish-American lawyer and politician (b. 1676)
- 1778 » Pierre de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnial, Canadian-French politician, Governor General of New France (b. 1698)
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Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1595
- Stadhouder Prins Maurits (Huis van Oranje) was from 1585 till 1625 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- January 17 » During the French Wars of Religion, Henry IV of France declares war on Spain.
- April 27 » The relics of Saint Sava are incinerated in Belgrade on the Vračar plateau by Ottoman Grand Vizier Sinan Pasha; the site of the incineration is now the location of the Church of Saint Sava, one of the largest Orthodox churches in the world.
- May 24 » Nomenclator of Leiden University Library appears, the first printed catalog of an institutional library.
- August 23 » Long Turkish War: Wallachian prince Michael the Brave confronts the Ottoman army in the Battle of Călugăreni and achieves a tactical victory.