Historical Events Happened In April - 04

1662  Davis Mell, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.  

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

1686  English king James II publishes Declaration of Indulgence on this day in history.  

1687  On April - 04 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 this day in history.  

1701  Joseph Haines, entertainer and author on this day in history.  

1714  On this day in history karel, duke of Berry/French heir to the throne, dies  

1716  Russian & Prussian troops occupy Wismar on this day in history.  

1716  On April - 04 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.  

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1731  On April - 04 francisco Morera, composer  

1734  Johann C van Erckel, old Catholic theologist, dies at about 79 on this day in history.  

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

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

1752  On April - 04 niccolo Antonio Zingarelli, composer (Andromeda)  

1755  On this day in history vincenc Masek, composer  

1758  On April - 04 john Hoppner, portrait painter  

1762  Stephen Storace, composer on this day in history.  

1774  On April - 04 oliver Goldsmith, Irish poet (She Stoops to Conquer), dies at 17  

1776  Continental Navy frigate Columbus captures HM Tender Hawke, first American capture of British armed vessel on April - 04.  

1784  Mary Mead, wife of English journalist John Wilkes, dies on this day in history.  

1785  On April - 04 bettina Brentano, composer  

1786  On this day in history john Franklin, British explorer (Arctic)  

1792  On this day in history thaddeus Stevens, US Radical Republican congressional leader (Rep-R)  

1804  Joseph Fischhof, composer on this day in history.  

1806  Friedrich Gottlob Fleischer, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.  

1807  Joseph Jerome Le Francais de Lalande, French astronomer, dies on this day in history.  

1809  Benjamin Pierce, US mathematician/astronomer on this day in history.  

1814  On this day in history napoleon abdicates for the first time.  

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

1817  On April - 04 john Wilson Sprague, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1893  

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

1818  On this day in history congress decided US flag is 13 red & white stripes & 20 stars  

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

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0186  On April - 04 birth of caracalla, Roman emperor (d. 217)  

1492  Ambrosius Blarer, German reformer (d. 1564) was born on April - 04.  

1527  On this day in history birth of abraham Ortelius, [Ortels/Hortels], South Neth geographer  

1572  William Strachey, English writer (d. 1621) was born on this day in history.  

1593  Edward Nicholas, English statesman (d. 1669) was born on April - 04.  

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

1648  On this day in history birth of grinling Gibbons, sculptor/woodcarver  

1688  Joseph-Nicolas Delisle, French astronomer (d. 1768) was born on this day in history.  

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

0636  Death of Saint Isidore of Seville, Church Father and the proposed patron of Internet (b. cira 560) on this day in history.  

0896  Formosus, Pope (891-96), dies on April - 04.  

1229  On April - 04 hugo van Pierrepont, bishop of Liege, dies  

1284  On this day in history alfonso X, "El Sabio" King of Castile/Leon (1252-84), dies at 62  

1292  On this day in history nicholas IV, [Girolamo Masci], Pope (1288-92), dies  

1305  On this day in history death of jeanne of Navarre, wife of Philip IV of France (b. circa 1217)  

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