Page 2: Historical Events In April - 04
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1662 Davis Mell, composer, dies at 57 

1664 Adam Willaerts, Dutch seascape painter, dies 

1686 In this year, English king James II publishes Declaration of Indulgence. 

1687 English King James II orders his Declaration of Indulgence read in church 

1687 King James II orders his declaration of indulgence read in church. 

1701 Joseph Haines, entertainer and author 

1714 Karel, duke of Berry/French heir to the throne, dies 

1716 Russian and Prussian troops occupy Wismar. 

1716 John Evangelist Schreiber, composer 

1721 Sir Robert Walpole enters office as the inaugural Prime Minister of the United Kingdom under King George I. 

1731 Francisco Morera, composer 

1734 Johann C van Erckel, old Catholic theologist, dies at about 79 

1737 Anthony van Heim installed as Dutch pension advisor 

1740 Wolfgang Nicolaus Haueisen, composer 

1752 Niccolo Antonio Zingarelli, composer (Andromeda). 

1755 Vincenc Masek, composer. 

1758 John Hoppner, portrait painter 

1762 Stephen Storace, composer 

1774 Oliver Goldsmith, Irish poet (She Stoops to Conquer), dies at 17 

1776 Continental Navy frigate Columbus captures HM Tender Hawke, inaugural American capture of British armed vessel 

1784 Mary Mead, wife of English journalist John Wilkes, dies. 

1785 Bettina Brentano, composer. 

1786 John Franklin, British explorer (Arctic) 

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

1804 Joseph Fischhof, composer 

1806 Friedrich Gottlob Fleischer, composer, dies at 84. 

1807 Joseph Jerome Le Francais de Lalande, French astronomer, dies 

1809 Benjamin Pierce, US mathematician/astronomer 

1814 Napoleon abdicates for the inaugural time 

1814 John Blair Smith Todd, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1872 

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

1817 Prince d'Essing, dies 

1818 Congress decided US flag is 13 red and white stripes and 20 stars. 

1820 Charles Devens Jr, Major General, Bvt (Union volunteers), died in 1891 

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