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

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

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

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

1580  Death of Alonso Mudarra, Spanish composer on April - 01.  

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

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

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

1682  On April - 01 death of franz Egon of Fürstenberg, Bavarian Catholic archbishop (b. 1625)  

1734  Louis Lully, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

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

1791  On April - 01 death of richard Butler American soldier (b. 1743)  

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

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

1832  On this day in history 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  Death of Giuditta Pasta, Italian soprano (b. 1797) on this day in history.  

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

1869  Anthony G O Ridder van Rappard, Min of Reformed Worship, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

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

1872  On this day in history death of frederick Maurice, English theologian (b. 1805)  

1878  On April - 01 eugene Gautier, composer, dies at 56  

1890  On this day in history death of david Wilber, American politician (b. 1820)  

1901  On this day in history francois M Raoult, Fren physicist/chemist (Law of Raoult), dies at 70  

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 this day in history.  

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

1918  Karl Fritjof Valentin, composer, dies at 64 on April - 01.  

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1220  On this day in history 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  François de Bonne, duc de Lesdiguières, Constable of France (d. 1626) was born on April - 01.  

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 April - 01 birth of thomas Simpson, composer  

1610  On this day in history birth of charles de Saint-Évremond, French soldier (d. 1703)  

1640  On this day in history birth of georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (d. 1697)