Famous Deaths In April - 01

1085  On April - 01 death of emperor Shenzong of China (b. 1048)   

1132  On April - 01 death of st-Hugues, Bishop of Grenoble (b. 1053)   

1204  On April - 01 eleanor of Aquitaine, wife of Louis VII & Henry II, dies at 81   

1205  Amalrik II, King of Cyprus/Jerusalem, dies on April - 01.   

1528  Death of Francisco de Peñalosa, Spanish composer on April - 01.   

1548  Sigismund I, the Elder, King of Poland, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1580  On this day in history death of alonso Mudarra, Spanish composer   

1611  Death of Gillis van Valkenborch, Flemish painter, buried at about 72 on this day in history.   

1621  On April - 01 death of cristofano Allori, Italian painter (b. 1577)   

1637  On this day in history death of niwa Nagashige, Japanese warlord (b. 1571)   

1682  Death of Franz Egon of Fürstenberg, Bavarian Catholic archbishop (b. 1625) on April - 01.   

1734  Louis Lully, composer, dies at 69 on April - 01.   

1787  On April - 01 death of floyer Sydenham, English classical scholar (b. 1710)   

1791  On this day in history death of richard Butler American soldier (b. 1743)   

1799  On April - 01 narciso Casanovas, composer, dies at 52   

1807  On April - 01 louis Francois Chambray, composer, dies at 69   

1814  Jozef de Ferraris, French/Austrian general/cartographer, dies at 87 on April - 01.   

1830  Carl Borromaus Neuner, composer, dies at 51 on April - 01.   

1832  Robert the Hermit, US ex-slave/hermit in Massachusetts, dies on April - 01.   

1839  On this day in history death of benjamin Pierce, American politician (b. 1757)   

1865  On this day in history death of giuditta Pasta, Italian soprano (b. 1797)   

1866  On April - 01 aime Ambroise Simon Leborne, composer, dies at 98   

1869  On April - 01 anthony G O Ridder van Rappard, Min of Reformed Worship, dies at 69   

1870  On April - 01 patrick Gass, sgt of Lewis & Clark Expedition, dies at 98   

1872  On April - 01 death of frederick Maurice, English theologian (b. 1805)   

1878  Eugene Gautier, composer, dies at 56 on April - 01.   

1890  Death of David Wilber, American politician (b. 1820) on this day in history.   

1901  Francois M Raoult, Fren physicist/chemist (Law of Raoult), dies at 70 on April - 01.   

1910  On this day in history andreas Aschenbach, German painter/engraver, dies at 94   

1914  Rube Waddell, baseballer, dies at 37 of TB on this day in history.   

1915  Johann Joseph Abert, composer, dies at 82 on April - 01.   

1916  Death of Gabrielle Petit, Belgian resistance fighter, executed on April - 01.   

1917  On April - 01 scott Joplin, ragtime composer (Sting), dies at 48   

1918  Karl Fritjof Valentin, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

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1220  On April - 01 birth of emperor Go-Saga of Japan (d. 1272)   

1283  On April - 01 birth of ludwig IV of Baveria, Roman Catholic Bavarian emperor (1314-47)   

1543  On this day in history birth of françois de Bonne, duc de Lesdiguières, Constable of France (d. 1626)   

1578  On April - 01 birth of william Harvey, England, physician (discovered blood circulation)   

1582  On this day in history birth of gaspar de Crayer, Flemish painter   

1582  On this day in history birth of thomas Simpson, composer   

1610  Charles de Saint-Évremond, French soldier (d. 1703) was born on April - 01.   

1640  Georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (d. 1697) was born on this day in history.