Historical Events Happened In April - 04

1662  On this day in history davis Mell, composer, dies at 57  Share it »

1664  On this day in history adam Willaerts, Dutch seascape painter, dies  Share it »

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

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

1687  King James II orders his declaration of indulgence read in church on this day in history.  Share it »

1701  On this day in history joseph Haines, entertainer and author  Share it »

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

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

1716  On this day in history john Evangelist Schreiber, composer  Share it »

1721  On this day in history sir Robert Walpole enters office as the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom under King George I.  Share it »

1731  On this day in history francisco Morera, composer  Share it »

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

1737  On this day in history anthony van Heim installed as Dutch pension advisor  Share it »

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

1752  Niccolo Antonio Zingarelli, composer (Andromeda) on this day in history.  Share it »

1755  Vincenc Masek, composer on this day in history.  Share it »

1758  John Hoppner, portrait painter on this day in history.  Share it »

1762  On this day in history stephen Storace, composer  Share it »

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

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

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

1785  Bettina Brentano, composer on this day in history.  Share it »

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

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

1804  On this day in history joseph Fischhof, composer  Share it »

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

1807  On this day in history joseph Jerome Le Francais de Lalande, French astronomer, dies  Share it »

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

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

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

1817  John Wilson Sprague, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1893 on this day in history.  Share it »

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

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

1818  On this day in history congress decided US flag is 13 red and white stripes and 20 stars  Share it »

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0186  On this day in history birth of caracalla, Roman emperor (d. 217)  Share it »

1492  On this day in history birth of ambrosius Blarer, German reformer (d. 1564)  Share it »

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

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

1593  On this day in history birth of edward Nicholas, English statesman (d. 1669)  Share it »

1646  Antoine Galland, French archaeologist (d. 1715) was born on this day in history.  Share it »

1648  Grinling Gibbons, sculptor/woodcarver was born on this day in history.  Share it »

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

0397  On this day in history ambrosius, gov of Liguria/bishop of Milan (374-97)/saint, dies  Share it »

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

0896  On this day in history formosus, Pope (891-96), dies  Share it »

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

1284  Alfonso X, "El Sabio" King of Castile/Leon (1252-84), dies at 62 on this day in history.  Share it »

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

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

1393  On this day in history floris van Wevelinkhoven, bishop of Utrecht, dies  Share it »