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Famous Deaths In April - 19

Thursday, 20 June 2013

1012  On this day in history death of alphege, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 954)  

1044  Gothelo, duke of Neth-Lotharingen, dies on this day in history.  

1054  On this day in history leo IX, [Bruno von Egesheim und Dagsburg], Pope (1049-54), dies at 51  

1390  Robert II, King of Scotland, dies on this day in history.  

1529  On this day in history john Cuspinianus, [Spiessheimer], German physician, dies at about 55  

1560  Philipp Melanchton (Schwazerd), church reformer, dies at 63 on this day in history.  

1567  On this day in history michael Stifel, German theologist/mathematician, dies at about 79  

1578  Death of Uesugi Kenshin, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1530) on this day in history.  

1588  Paolo Veronese (Cagliari), painter, dies on this day in history.  

1608  Earl of Dorset, poet/statesman, dies on this day in history.  

1618  Death of Thomas Bastard, clergyman and epigrammatist (b. 1565 or 1566) on this day in history.  

1627  Death of John Beaumont, English poet (b. 1583) on this day in history.  

1629  Death of Sigismondo d'India, Italian composer on this day in history.  

1645  On this day in history anton van Diemen, gov-gen (Neth East Indies), dies at about 51  

1684  Death of Roger Williams, English theologian and colonist (b. 1603) on this day in history.  

1686  On this day in history death of antonio de Solís y Ribadeneyra, Spanish writer (b. 1610)  

1689  Christina, Queen of Sweden (1644-54), dies on this day in history.  

1706  Galenus Abrahamsz de Haen, Dutch baptist leader, dies on this day in history.  

1733  Death of Elizabeth Villiers, mistress of William III of England on this day in history.  

1739  On this day in history nicholas Saunderson, mathematician, dies  

1751  Death of Peter Lacy, Irish-born Russian Field marshal (b. 1678) on this day in history.  

1768  On this day in history filippo della Valle, Italian sculptor, dies at about 70  

1770  On this day in history esprit Joseph Antoine Blanchard, composer, dies at 74  

1772  On this day in history johann Peter Kellner, composer, dies at 66  

1773  Florian Johann Deller, composer, dies at 43 on this day in history.  

1776  On this day in history jacob Israel Emden, [Jacob ben Tswi], German rabbi, dies at 78  

1791  On this day in history richard Price, nonconformist minister/writer (Alabi's World), dies  

1799  On this day in history pieter Hellendaal, violinist/organist/composer (Glees), dies at 78  

1813  On this day in history benjamin Rush, physician/abolotionist (signed Decl of Ind), dies at 67  

1824  George Gorden Noel "Lord" Byron, poet, dies at 36 on this day in history.  

1831  On this day in history death of johann Gottlieb Friedrich von Bohnenberger, German mathematician (b. 1765)  

1840  Death of Jean-Jacques Lartigue, Roman catholic bishop of Montreal (b. 1777) on this day in history.  

1852  Vasili A Zjukovski, Russian folk poet/translator (Homerus), dies at 69 on this day in history.  

1854  On this day in history death of robert Jameson, Scottish naturalist (b. 1774)  

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Famous People Born On This Day In History

1320  On this day in history birth of pedro I, King of Portugal (1357-67)  

1603  Michel le Tellier, French statesman (d. 1685) was born on this day in history.  

1605  On this day in history birth of orazio Benevoli, composer  

1658  On this day in history birth of johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine (d. 1716)  

1660  Sebastian Duron, composer was born on this day in history.  

1665  On this day in history birth of jacques Lelong, French bibliographer (d. 1721)  

1686  Vasily Tatishchev, Russian statesman (d. 1750) was born on this day in history.  

1700  Georg Abraham Schneider, composer was born on this day in history.