Famous Deaths In April - 01

1085  Death of Emperor Shenzong of China (b. 1048) on this day in history.  

1132  Death of St-Hugues, Bishop of Grenoble (b. 1053) on this day in history.  

1204  Eleanor of Aquitaine, wife of Louis VII & Henry II, dies at 81 on April - 01.  

1205  Amalrik II, King of Cyprus/Jerusalem, dies on this day in history.  

1528  On April - 01 death of francisco de Peñalosa, Spanish composer  

1548  On this day in history sigismund I, the Elder, King of Poland, dies at 81  

1580  On April - 01 death of alonso Mudarra, Spanish composer  

1611  On this day in history death of gillis van Valkenborch, Flemish painter, buried at about 72  

1621  On this day in history death of cristofano Allori, Italian painter (b. 1577)  

1637  Death of Niwa Nagashige, Japanese warlord (b. 1571) on April - 01.  

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1682  On this day in history death of franz Egon of Fürstenberg, Bavarian Catholic archbishop (b. 1625)  

1734  On April - 01 louis Lully, composer, dies at 69  

1787  Death of Floyer Sydenham, English classical scholar (b. 1710) on April - 01.  

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

1799  On this day in history narciso Casanovas, composer, dies at 52  

1807  On this day in history louis Francois Chambray, composer, dies at 69  

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

1830  On April - 01 carl Borromaus Neuner, composer, dies at 51  

1832  On April - 01 robert the Hermit, US ex-slave/hermit in Massachusetts, dies  

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

1865  On April - 01 death of giuditta Pasta, Italian soprano (b. 1797)  

1866  On this day in history aime Ambroise Simon Leborne, composer, dies at 98  

1869  On this day in history anthony G O Ridder van Rappard, Min of Reformed Worship, dies at 69  

1870  Patrick Gass, sgt of Lewis & Clark Expedition, dies at 98 on April - 01.  

1872  Death of Frederick Maurice, English theologian (b. 1805) on April - 01.  

1878  Eugene Gautier, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1910  Andreas Aschenbach, German painter/engraver, dies at 94 on this day in history.  

1914  On this day in history rube Waddell, baseballer, dies at 37 of TB  

1915  Johann Joseph Abert, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.  

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

1917  Scott Joplin, ragtime composer (Sting), dies at 48 on April - 01.  

1918  On this day in history karl Fritjof Valentin, composer, dies at 64  

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1220  Emperor Go-Saga of Japan (d. 1272) was born on April - 01.  

1283  On this day in history birth of ludwig IV of Baveria, Roman Catholic Bavarian emperor (1314-47)  

1543  François de Bonne, duc de Lesdiguières, Constable of France (d. 1626) was born on April - 01.  

1578  On this day in history birth of william Harvey, England, physician (discovered blood circulation)  

1582  On April - 01 birth of gaspar de Crayer, Flemish painter  

1582  Thomas Simpson, composer was born on April - 01.  

1610  On April - 01 birth of charles de Saint-Évremond, French soldier (d. 1703)  

1640  Georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (d. 1697) was born on April - 01.