Page 2: Historical Events In April - 04

1662  On April - 04 davis Mell, composer, dies at 57   

1664  Adam Willaerts, Dutch seascape painter, dies on this day in history.   

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 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  On this day in history russian & Prussian troops occupy Wismar   

1716  John Evangelist Schreiber, composer on this day in history.   

1721  Sir Robert Walpole enters office as the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom under King George I on this day in history.   

1731  On April - 04 francisco Morera, composer   

1734  On April - 04 johann C van Erckel, old Catholic theologist, dies at about 79   

1737  Anthony van Heim installed as Dutch pension advisor on this day in history.   

1740  On this day in history wolfgang Nicolaus Haueisen, composer   

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

1755  Vincenc Masek, composer on this day in history.   

1758  On this day in history john Hoppner, portrait painter   

1762  Stephen Storace, composer on April - 04.   

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

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

1784  On April - 04 mary Mead, wife of English journalist John Wilkes, dies   

1785  On this day in history bettina Brentano, composer   

1786  On April - 04 john Franklin, British explorer (Arctic)   

1792  Thaddeus Stevens, US Radical Republican congressional leader (Rep-R) on April - 04.   

1804  Joseph Fischhof, composer on this day in history.   

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

1814  Napoleon abdicates for the first time on April - 04.   

1814  John Blair Smith Todd, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1872 on April - 04.   

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

1817  On this day in history prince d'Essing, dies   

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

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

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

1572  On this day in history birth of william Strachey, English writer (d. 1621)   

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  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  On April - 04 ambrosius, gov of Liguria/bishop of Milan (374-97)/saint, dies   

0636  Death of Saint Isidore of Seville, Church Father and the proposed patron of Internet (b. cira 560) on April - 04.   

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

1229  Hugo van Pierrepont, bishop of Liege, dies on April - 04.   

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

1292  Nicholas IV, [Girolamo Masci], Pope (1288-92), dies on this day in history.   

1305  On April - 04 death of jeanne of Navarre, wife of Philip IV of France (b. circa 1217)   

1393  Floris van Wevelinkhoven, bishop of Utrecht, dies on April - 04.