Historical Events Happened In April - 04

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

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

1686  On this day in history english king James II publishes Declaration of Indulgence  

1687  English King James II orders his Declaration of Indulgence read in church on April - 04.  

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

1701  On April - 04 joseph Haines, entertainer and author  

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

1716  On April - 04 russian & Prussian troops occupy Wismar  

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

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

1731  Francisco Morera, composer on this day in history.  

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

1737  Anthony van Heim installed as Dutch pension advisor on April - 04.  

1740  On this day in history wolfgang Nicolaus Haueisen, composer  

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

1755  On April - 04 vincenc Masek, composer  

1758  On April - 04 john Hoppner, portrait painter  

1762  On April - 04 stephen Storace, composer  

1774  Oliver Goldsmith, Irish poet (She Stoops to Conquer), dies at 17 on April - 04.  

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 April - 04.  

1785  Bettina Brentano, composer on this day in history.  

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

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

1804  Joseph Fischhof, composer on April - 04.  

1806  On April - 04 friedrich Gottlob Fleischer, composer, dies at 84  

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

1809  Benjamin Pierce, US mathematician/astronomer on April - 04.  

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

1817  Prince d'Essing, dies on April - 04.  

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

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

1527  On April - 04 birth of abraham Ortelius, [Ortels/Hortels], South Neth geographer  

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 this day in history.  

1688  Joseph-Nicolas Delisle, French astronomer (d. 1768) was born on April - 04.  

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  On April - 04 formosus, Pope (891-96), dies  

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

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

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

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

1393  Floris van Wevelinkhoven, bishop of Utrecht, dies on this day in history.