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Famous Deaths In April - 26

Friday, 24 May 2013

1192 On this day in history death of emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan (b. 1127)

1196 Alfonso II, King of Aragon (1162-96), dies on this day in history.

1444 On this day in history robert Campin, South Neth painter/porter of Doornik, dies at about 65

1476 On this day in history death of simonetta Vespucci, inspiration of Botticelli (b.1453)

1478 On this day in history death of giuliano de' Medici, Medeheerser of Florence, murdered at about 24

1489 Death of Ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese shogun (b. 1465) on this day in history.

1558 Jean Francois Fernel, French physician, dies on this day in history.

1648 Christoph Thomas Walliser, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.

1703 Georg Christoph Leuttner, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.

1716 On this day in history death of john Somers, 1st Baron Somers, Lord Chancellor of England (b. 1651)

1726 Jeremy Collier, Engl bishop/historian/opponent to theater, dies at 75 on this day in history.

1731 On this day in history daniel Defoe, English author (Robinson Crusoe), dies at about 70

1784 Death of Nano Nagle, Irish convent founder (b. 1718) on this day in history.

1785 On this day in history karl Siegmund von Seckendorff, composer, dies at 40

1789 On this day in history peter I Panin, Russian general (Pugatshov-uprising), dies at about 67

1805 Jean BG d'ansse the Villoison, classic (Anecdota Graeca), dies at 55 on this day in history.

1827 Bernardo Ottani, composer, dies at 90 on this day in history.

1865 Charles J Sax, Belgian inventor (saxophone), dies at 74 on this day in history.

1881 On this day in history death of ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen, German general (b. 1815)

1892 On this day in history death of sir Provo Wallis, British Admiral and naval hero (b. 1791)

1907 On this day in history pietro Plantania, composer, dies at 79

1910 On this day in history bjornstjerne Bjornson, Norwegian writer (Mary, Nobel 1903), dies at 77

1920 On this day in history death of srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian mathematician (b. 1887)

1922 On this day in history hans Sommer, composer, dies at 84

1924 On this day in history josef Labor, composer, dies at 82

1932 Bill Lockwood, cricketer (43 wickets in 12 Tests for England), dies on this day in history.

1936 Death of Tammany Young, American actor (b.1886) on this day in history.

1938 On this day in history edmund Husserl, German philosopher (study of phenomenon), dies at 79

1940 Carl Bosch, German chemist (BASF, IG Farben, Nobel 1931), dies at 65 on this day in history.

1941 On this day in history jean Demoor, Belgian physician/physiologist/educationalist, dies at 74

1944 Death of Violette Morris, French athlete (b. 1893) on this day in history.

1945 Death of Pavlo Skoropadsky, Ukrainian politician and general (b. 1871) on this day in history.

1946 Hermann Keyserling, count/philosopher (Unsterblichkeit), dies at 65 on this day in history.

1950 Death of G. Murray Hulbert, American politician (b. 1881) on this day in history.

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Famous People Born On This Day In History

1319 On this day in history birth of jean II, the Good, king of France (1350-64)

1538 Giovanni P Lomazzo, Italian writer/poet (Trattato) was born on this day in history.

1564 William Shakespeare, Stratford-on-Avon England, playwright (Hamlet) was born on this day in history.

1567 On this day in history birth of nicolas Forme, composer

1573 Marie de'Medici, Queen of France was born on this day in history.

1603 Francesco Nigetti, composer was born on this day in history.

1637 Philip J van Lichtenbergh, Governor of Suriname, baptized was born on this day in history.

1648 Pedro II, King of Portugal (1683-1706) was born on this day in history.