Famous Deaths In April - 01

1085  Death of Emperor Shenzong of China (b. 1048) on April - 01.   

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

1204  Eleanor of Aquitaine, wife of Louis VII & Henry II, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1205  On April - 01 amalrik II, King of Cyprus/Jerusalem, dies   

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

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

1580  Death of Alonso Mudarra, Spanish composer on this day in history.   

1611  Death of Gillis van Valkenborch, Flemish painter, buried at about 72 on April - 01.   

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

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

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

1791  Death of Richard Butler American soldier (b. 1743) on April - 01.   

1799  Narciso Casanovas, composer, dies at 52 on April - 01.   

1807  Louis Francois Chambray, composer, dies at 69 on April - 01.   

1814  Jozef de Ferraris, French/Austrian general/cartographer, dies at 87 on this day in history.   

1830  On this day in history carl Borromaus Neuner, composer, dies at 51   

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

1839  Death of Benjamin Pierce, American politician (b. 1757) on this day in history.   

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

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

1869  Anthony G O Ridder van Rappard, Min of Reformed Worship, dies at 69 on April - 01.   

1870  Patrick Gass, sgt of Lewis & Clark Expedition, dies at 98 on this day in history.   

1872  On this day in history 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  On April - 01 francois M Raoult, Fren physicist/chemist (Law of Raoult), dies at 70   

1910  On April - 01 andreas Aschenbach, German painter/engraver, dies at 94   

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

1915  On April - 01 johann Joseph Abert, composer, dies at 82   

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

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

1283  Ludwig IV of Baveria, Roman Catholic Bavarian emperor (1314-47) was born on April - 01.   

1543  François de Bonne, duc de Lesdiguières, Constable of France (d. 1626) was born on this day in history.   

1578  William Harvey, England, physician (discovered blood circulation) was born on April - 01.   

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

1640  On April - 01 birth of georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (d. 1697)