Historical Events In April - 04

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

1664  Adam Willaerts, Dutch seascape painter, dies on April - 04.  

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

1687  English King James II orders his Declaration of Indulgence read in church on this day in history.  

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

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

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 April - 04.  

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

1731  Francisco Morera, composer on April - 04.  

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  On this day in history wolfgang Nicolaus Haueisen, composer  

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

1755  On this day in history vincenc Masek, composer  

1758  On this day in history john Hoppner, portrait painter  

1762  On April - 04 stephen Storace, composer  

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

1776  On April - 04 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 this day in history.  

1785  On this day in history bettina Brentano, composer  

1786  John Franklin, British explorer (Arctic) on April - 04.  

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

1804  Joseph Fischhof, composer on this day in history.  

1806  On this day in history friedrich Gottlob Fleischer, composer, dies at 84  

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

1809  On April - 04 benjamin Pierce, US mathematician/astronomer  

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

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

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

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

1818  Congress decided US flag is 13 red & white stripes & 20 stars on April - 04.  

1818  Congress decided US flag is 13 red and white stripes and 20 stars on April - 04.  

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

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

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 this day in history birth of edward Nicholas, English statesman (d. 1669)  

1646  Antoine Galland, French archaeologist (d. 1715) was born on April - 04.  

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

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

0397  On April - 04 ambrosius, gov of Liguria/bishop of Milan (374-97)/saint, dies  

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 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 April - 04.  

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

1305  Death of Jeanne of Navarre, wife of Philip IV of France (b. circa 1217) on April - 04.  

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