Famous Deaths In April - 06

0885  Methodius, Greek apostle of the slaves/archbishop of Sirmium, dies on April - 06.  

0912  Nottker "the Stamelaar", benedictine monk/poet, dies at about 71 on April - 06.  

1147  Death of Frederick II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1090) on April - 06.  

1199  On April - 06 richard I, the Lion-hearted, King of England (1189-99), dies at 41  

1252  On April - 06 peter of Verona, [Peter Martyr], Italian inquisitor/st, dies at 45  

1348  On April - 06 petrarch's Laura, dies of plague  

1362  Death of Jacques de Bourbon, count of Marche, killed in battle on this day in history.  

1472  On April - 06 pieter Bladelin, Belgium, land owner (Middelburg castle), dies  

1489  On April - 06 death of hans Waldmann, Swiss military/mayor (Zurich), beheaded  

1490  Matthias Corvinus, king of Hungary, dies on this day in history.  

1520  On April - 06 raphael [Sanzio], artist (Sistine Madonna), dies on his 37th birthday  

1528  On April - 06 albrecht Durer, German painter/graphic artist, dies in Germany at 56  

1551  Joachim Vadianus, Swiss physician/mayor of Sankt Gallen, dies at 66 on April - 06.  

1571  On April - 06 death of john Hamilton, Scottish prelate and politician  

1590  Francis Walsingham, English secretary of state, dies at about 57 on April - 06.  

1593  Death of Henry Barrow, English puritian/Congressionalist, hanged on this day in history.  

1605  On this day in history john Stow, British historian, dies  

1655  On this day in history death of david Blondel, French Protestant clergyman (b. 1591)  

1686  On April - 06 death of arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey, English royalist statesman (b. 1614)  

1707  Willem Van de Velde, the Young, Dutch seascape painter, dies a 73 on April - 06.  

1755  Death of Richard Rawlinson, English minister and antiquarian (b. 1690) on April - 06.  

1779  On this day in history tommaso MFS Traetta, Italian opera composer (Farnace), dies at 52  

1782  On this day in history rynoldus Popma van Oevering, composer, dies at 90  

1805  Lorenz Justinian Ott, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.  

1817  Bonaventura Furlanetto, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.  

1822  On April - 06 franz Xaver Partsch, composer, dies at 62  

1825  On April - 06 death of vladimir Borovikovsky, Russian painter (b. 1757)  

1829  Niels H Able, Norwegian mathematician (infinite series), dies at 26 on April - 06.  

1833  Death of Adamantios Korais, Greek humanist scholar (b. 1748) on April - 06.  

1838  On April - 06 jose B de Andrada e Silva, premier of Brazil (1822-23), dies at 74  

1854  On April - 06 william Strickland, US architect, dies  

1862  On this day in history adley Hogan Gladden, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 51  

1865  On April - 06 john Austin Wharton, US Confederate general-major, dies at 36  

1883  Death of Benjamin Wright Raymond, American politician (b. 1801) on April - 06.  

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1483  On April - 06 birth of raphael Sanzio, Italian painter/master builder (Madonna Sistina)  

1613  On April - 06 birth of stjepan Gradić, Croatian philosopher and scientist (d. 1683)  

1631  On April - 06 birth of vincenzo De Grandis, composer  

1632  Maria Leopoldine of Austria, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1649) was born on this day in history.  

1651  On April - 06 birth of andré Dacier, French classical scholar (d. 1722)  

1660  On this day in history birth of johann Kuhnau, composer  

1664  On this day in history birth of arvid Horn, Swedish statesman (d. 1742)  

1671  On this day in history birth of jean-Baptiste Rousseau, French playwright/poet (Sacred Odes & Songs)