Famous Deaths In April - 01

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

1132  On this day in history death of st-Hugues, Bishop of Grenoble (b. 1053)  

1204  On this day in history eleanor of Aquitaine, wife of Louis VII & Henry II, dies at 81  

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

1528  On this day in history death of francisco de Peñalosa, Spanish composer  

1548  On April - 01 sigismund I, the Elder, King of Poland, dies at 81  

1580  On April - 01 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  Death of Niwa Nagashige, Japanese warlord (b. 1571) on April - 01.  

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

1734  On this day in history louis Lully, composer, dies at 69  

1787  On this day in history 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 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  On April - 01 robert the Hermit, US ex-slave/hermit in Massachusetts, dies  

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

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  On this day in history patrick Gass, sgt of Lewis & Clark Expedition, dies at 98  

1872  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1901  Francois M Raoult, Fren physicist/chemist (Law of Raoult), dies at 70 on this day in history.  

1910  On April - 01 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 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  On April - 01 karl Fritjof Valentin, composer, dies at 64  

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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 this day in history.  

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

1582  Gaspar de Crayer, Flemish painter was born on April - 01.  

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

1610  Charles de Saint-Évremond, French soldier (d. 1703) was born on this day in history.  

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