Page 2: Historical Events In April - 04

1662  Davis Mell, composer, dies at 57 on April - 04.   

1664  On April - 04 adam Willaerts, Dutch seascape painter, dies   

1686  English king James II publishes Declaration of Indulgence on April - 04.   

1687  On this day in history english King James II orders his Declaration of Indulgence read in church   

1687  King James II orders his declaration of indulgence read in church on April - 04.   

1701  Joseph Haines, entertainer and author on April - 04.   

1714  Karel, duke of Berry/French heir to the throne, dies on April - 04.   

1716  On this day in history russian & Prussian troops occupy Wismar   

1716  On this day in history john Evangelist Schreiber, composer   

1721  Sir Robert Walpole enters office as the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom under King George I on April - 04.   

1731  On this day in history francisco Morera, composer   

1734  On this day in history johann C van Erckel, old Catholic theologist, dies at about 79   

1737  On April - 04 anthony van Heim installed as Dutch pension advisor   

1740  Wolfgang Nicolaus Haueisen, composer on this day in history.   

1752  On this day in history niccolo Antonio Zingarelli, composer (Andromeda)   

1755  On April - 04 vincenc Masek, composer   

1758  John Hoppner, portrait painter on April - 04.   

1762  On this day in history stephen Storace, composer   

1774  Oliver Goldsmith, Irish poet (She Stoops to Conquer), dies at 17 on this day in history.   

1776  On this day in history continental Navy frigate Columbus captures HM Tender Hawke, first American capture of British armed vessel   

1784  Mary Mead, wife of English journalist John Wilkes, dies on April - 04.   

1785  On April - 04 bettina Brentano, composer   

1786  John Franklin, British explorer (Arctic) on this day in history.   

1792  Thaddeus Stevens, US Radical Republican congressional leader (Rep-R) on this day in history.   

1804  Joseph Fischhof, composer on April - 04.   

1806  Friedrich Gottlob Fleischer, composer, dies at 84 on April - 04.   

1807  On April - 04 joseph Jerome Le Francais de Lalande, French astronomer, dies   

1809  On this day in history benjamin Pierce, US mathematician/astronomer   

1814  Napoleon abdicates for the first time on this day in history.   

1814  On this day in history john Blair Smith Todd, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1872   

1817  John Wilson Sprague, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1893 on April - 04.   

1817  Prince d'Essing, dies on this day in history.   

1818  Congress decided US flag is 13 red & white stripes & 20 stars on this day in history.   

1818  On April - 04 congress decided US flag is 13 red and white stripes and 20 stars   

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0186  Caracalla, Roman emperor (d. 217) was born on April - 04.   

1492  On April - 04 birth of ambrosius Blarer, German reformer (d. 1564)   

1527  Abraham Ortelius, [Ortels/Hortels], South Neth geographer was born on April - 04.   

1572  William Strachey, English writer (d. 1621) was born on April - 04.   

1593  On April - 04 birth of edward Nicholas, English statesman (d. 1669)   

1646  On April - 04 birth of antoine Galland, French archaeologist (d. 1715)   

1648  Grinling Gibbons, sculptor/woodcarver was born on April - 04.   

1688  On this day in history birth of joseph-Nicolas Delisle, French astronomer (d. 1768)   

0397  Ambrosius, gov of Liguria/bishop of Milan (374-97)/saint, dies on this day in history.   

0636  On this day in history death of saint Isidore of Seville, Church Father and the proposed patron of Internet (b. cira 560)   

0896  Formosus, Pope (891-96), dies on this day in history.   

1229  Hugo van Pierrepont, bishop of Liege, dies on this day in history.   

1284  Alfonso X, "El Sabio" King of Castile/Leon (1252-84), dies at 62 on April - 04.   

1292  Nicholas IV, [Girolamo Masci], Pope (1288-92), dies on April - 04.   

1305  Death of Jeanne of Navarre, wife of Philip IV of France (b. circa 1217) on this day in history.   

1393  On April - 04 floris van Wevelinkhoven, bishop of Utrecht, dies