Famous Deaths In April - 01

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

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 this day in history.  

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

1637  On April - 01 death of niwa Nagashige, Japanese warlord (b. 1571)  

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1682  Death of Franz Egon of Fürstenberg, Bavarian Catholic archbishop (b. 1625) on this day in history.  

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

1787  Death of Floyer Sydenham, English classical scholar (b. 1710) on this day in history.  

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 April - 01.  

1830  Carl Borromaus Neuner, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.  

1832  On this day in history robert the Hermit, US ex-slave/hermit in Massachusetts, dies  

1839  Death of Benjamin Pierce, American politician (b. 1757) on April - 01.  

1865  Death of Giuditta Pasta, Italian soprano (b. 1797) on April - 01.  

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  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  On this day in history eugene Gautier, composer, dies at 56  

1890  Death of David Wilber, American politician (b. 1820) on April - 01.  

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  On April - 01 rube Waddell, baseballer, dies at 37 of TB  

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

1916  On April - 01 death of gabrielle Petit, Belgian resistance fighter, executed  

1917  Scott Joplin, ragtime composer (Sting), dies at 48 on this day in history.  

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

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1220  Emperor Go-Saga of Japan (d. 1272) was born on this day in history.  

1283  Ludwig IV of Baveria, Roman Catholic Bavarian emperor (1314-47) was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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 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)