Historical Events In April - 04

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

1664  On April - 04 adam Willaerts, Dutch seascape painter, dies  

1686  On April - 04 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 this day in history.  

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 April - 04 russian & Prussian troops occupy Wismar  

1716  On this day in history john Evangelist Schreiber, composer  

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 April - 04.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1755  On this day in history vincenc Masek, composer  

1758  On April - 04 john Hoppner, portrait painter  

1762  Stephen Storace, composer on this day in history.  

1774  On this day in history oliver Goldsmith, Irish poet (She Stoops to Conquer), dies at 17  

1776  Continental Navy frigate Columbus captures HM Tender Hawke, first American capture of British armed vessel on this day in history.  

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

1785  On this day in history bettina Brentano, composer  

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

1792  Thaddeus Stevens, US Radical Republican congressional leader (Rep-R) on April - 04.  

1804  On this day in history joseph Fischhof, composer  

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

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

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

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  On this day in history john Wilson Sprague, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1893  

1817  Prince d'Essing, dies on this day in history.  

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

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 April - 04.  

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

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 this day in history.  

1593  Edward Nicholas, English statesman (d. 1669) was born on this day in history.  

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

1648  Grinling Gibbons, sculptor/woodcarver was born on this day in history.  

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

0397  Ambrosius, gov of Liguria/bishop of Milan (374-97)/saint, dies on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1393  On this day in history floris van Wevelinkhoven, bishop of Utrecht, dies