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Famous Deaths In April - 25

Friday, 24 May 2013

1265 Death of Roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester, English crusader on this day in history.

1295 On this day in history sancho IV, the Brave, scholar/king of Castile/Leon, dies

1342 Benedict XII, [Jacques Fournier], Pope (1334-42), dies on this day in history.

1472 Leon Battista degli Alberti, scupltor/musician (Dinner Pieces), dies on this day in history.

1482 Margaret of Anjou, Queen (Henry VI), dies on this day in history.

1516 Death of John Yonge, English diplomat (b. 1467) on this day in history.

1566 On this day in history diane de Poitiers, lover of French King Henry II, dies

1595 Torquato Tasso, Italian poet/playwright, dies at 51 on this day in history.

1605 Death of Naresuan, King of Siam (b. 1555) on this day in history.

1607 On this day in history don Juan Alvarez, Spanish Admiral (Gibraltar), dies in battle

1635 On this day in history alessandro Tassoni, Ital political writer (Rape of Bucket), dies at 69

1647 Matthias Gallas, Austrian earl of Campo/duke of Lucerna, dies at 62 on this day in history.

1660 On this day in history death of henry Hammond, English churchman (b. 1605)

1663 Heinrich Pape, composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.

1690 On this day in history david Teniers the Younger, Flemish painter (Pictorium), dies at 79

1728 John Woodward, geologist/physician, dies on this day in history.

1740 Death of Shrimant Baji Rao Vishwanath Bhat, also known as Baji Rao I, a general and Peshwa (b. 1699) on this day in history.

1744 On this day in history anders Celsius, Swed astronomer (Centegrade Thermometer), dies at 42

1770 On this day in history death of jean-Antoine Nollet, French abbot and physicist (b. 1700)

1792 On this day in history johann Friedrich Gottlieb Beckmann, composer, dies at 54

1800 William Cowper, English lawyer/poet (Olney Hymns), dies at 68 on this day in history.

1808 Alois Luigi Tomasini, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.

1822 Frederick "William" Herschel, German/British astronomer, dies at 83 on this day in history.

1828 On this day in history john Goldberg, Dutch patriot/statesman, dies at 64

1840 Death of Siméon-Denis Poisson, French mathematician (b. 1781) on this day in history.

1845 Thomas Duncan, painter, dies on this day in history.

1853 William Beaumont, physiologist, dies on this day in history.

1862 Charles Ferguson Smith, US Union Gen-Maj, dies of infection at 55 on this day in history.

1873 Walter de la Mare, Engl poet/author (Behold the Dreamer), dies at 43 on this day in history.

1878 On this day in history death of anna Sewell, English author (b. 1820)

1891 On this day in history death of nathaniel Woodard, English educationalist (b. 1811)

1892 Death of Henri Duveyrier, French explorer (b. 1840) on this day in history.

1905 Jacob Olie, Dutch photographer, dies at about 70 on this day in history.

1906 On this day in history john Knowles Paine, US composer, dies at 67

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1214 On this day in history birth of louis IX, King of France (1226-70)

1228 Koenraad IV, Roman Catholic German king (1237-54) was born on this day in history.

1228 On this day in history birth of conrad IV of Germany (d. 1254)

1284 On this day in history birth of edward II, King of England (1307-27)

1287 Roger de Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, de facto ruler of England (d. 1330) was born on this day in history.

1502 On this day in history birth of georg Major, German Protestant theologian (d. 1574)

1567 Aurelio Signoretti, composer was born on this day in history.

1599 Oliver Cromwell, Puritan lord protector of England (1653-58) was born on this day in history.