Page 2: Historical Events 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 April - 04 english king James II publishes Declaration of Indulgence   

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

1687  On this day in history king James II orders his declaration of indulgence read in church   

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  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  On this day in history johann C van Erckel, old Catholic theologist, dies at about 79   

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

1740  On April - 04 wolfgang Nicolaus Haueisen, composer   

1752  Niccolo Antonio Zingarelli, composer (Andromeda) on April - 04.   

1755  Vincenc Masek, composer on April - 04.   

1758  John Hoppner, portrait painter on April - 04.   

1762  On this day in history 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 April - 04 mary Mead, wife of English journalist John Wilkes, dies   

1785  Bettina Brentano, composer on April - 04.   

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

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

1804  Joseph Fischhof, composer on April - 04.   

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  Napoleon abdicates for the first time on April - 04.   

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

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

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 April - 04.   

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

1492  Ambrosius Blarer, German reformer (d. 1564) was born on this day in history.   

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

1572  William Strachey, English writer (d. 1621) was born on April - 04.   

1593  Edward Nicholas, English statesman (d. 1669) was born on April - 04.   

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

1648  On this day in history birth of grinling Gibbons, sculptor/woodcarver   

1688  On this day in history 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  On April - 04 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  On April - 04 hugo van Pierrepont, bishop of Liege, dies   

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 April - 04.   

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

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