Historical Events In April - 19

0607  Comet 1/ 07 H1 (Halley) approaches within 0.0898 AUs of Earth today in history.  

1012  Today in history martyrdom of Alphege in Greenwich, London.  

1451  Alam Shah of Delhi resigns throne today in history.  

1524  On April - 19 pope Clemens VII fires Neth inquisitor-general French Van de Holly  

1529  Today in history 2nd Parliament of Spiers bans Lutheranism  

1539  Charles, protestant German monarch, signs Treaty of Frankrfurt today in history.  

1552  Mauritius of Saksen captures Karel on April - 19.  

1587  English captain Francis Drake sinks the Spanish fleet in Cadiz harbour on April - 19.  

1587  Today in history sir Frances Drake sails into Cadiz Spain & sinks Spanish fleet  

1591  On this day in history chartres surrenders to king Henri IV in France  

1619  Theatrum Anatomicum opens in Amsterdam today in history.  

1320  On April - 19 birth of pedro I, King of Portugal (1357-67)  

1603  On April - 19 birth of michel le Tellier, French statesman (d. 1685)  

1605  Orazio Benevoli, composer was born on April - 19.  

1658  On April - 19 birth of johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine (d. 1716)  

1660  On April - 19 birth of sebastian Duron, composer  

1665  Jacques Lelong, French bibliographer (d. 1721) was born today in history.  

1686  On April - 19 birth of vasily Tatishchev, Russian statesman (d. 1750)  

1700  On April - 19 birth of georg Abraham Schneider, composer  

0843  Judith, French empress/2nd wife of Louis de Vrome, dies today in history.  

1012  Death of Alphege, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 954) today in history.  

1044  Today in history gothelo, duke of Neth-Lotharingen, dies  

1054  Leo IX, [Bruno von Egesheim und Dagsburg], Pope (1049-54), dies at 51 on April - 19.  

1390  Robert II, King of Scotland, dies today in history.  

1529  John Cuspinianus, [Spiessheimer], German physician, dies at about 55 today in history.  

1560  Philipp Melanchton (Schwazerd), church reformer, dies at 63 today in history.  

1567  Michael Stifel, German theologist/mathematician, dies at about 79 on this day in history.