Historical Events Happened In April - 04

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

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

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

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 April - 04.  

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

1714  Karel, duke of Berry/French heir to the throne, dies on April - 04.  

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

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

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

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

1740  Wolfgang Nicolaus Haueisen, composer on April - 04.  

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

1755  Vincenc Masek, composer on April - 04.  

1758  On this day in history 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  On April - 04 continental Navy frigate Columbus captures HM Tender Hawke, first American capture of British armed vessel  

1784  On this day in history mary Mead, wife of English journalist John Wilkes, dies  

1785  Bettina Brentano, composer on April - 04.  

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

1792  On April - 04 thaddeus Stevens, US Radical Republican congressional leader (Rep-R)  

1804  On this day in history joseph Fischhof, composer  

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

1807  On April - 04 joseph Jerome Le Francais de Lalande, French astronomer, dies  

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

1814  On April - 04 napoleon abdicates for the first time.  

1814  On April - 04 john Blair Smith Todd, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1872  

1817  On this day in history 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 this day in history congress decided US flag is 13 red and white stripes and 20 stars  

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0186  Caracalla, Roman emperor (d. 217) was born on this day in history.  

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 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 April - 04 birth of grinling Gibbons, sculptor/woodcarver  

1688  On April - 04 birth of joseph-Nicolas Delisle, French astronomer (d. 1768)  

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 this day in history.  

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

1284  On April - 04 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 April - 04 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