Famous Deaths In April - 01

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

1132  Death of St-Hugues, Bishop of Grenoble (b. 1053) on April - 01.  

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

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

1611  On April - 01 death of gillis van Valkenborch, Flemish painter, buried at about 72  

1621  Death of Cristofano Allori, Italian painter (b. 1577) on this day in history.  

1637  Death of Niwa Nagashige, Japanese warlord (b. 1571) on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

1799  On April - 01 narciso Casanovas, composer, dies at 52  

1807  Louis Francois Chambray, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

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

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

1865  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1914  On April - 01 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 this day in history.  

1917  On this day in history scott Joplin, ragtime composer (Sting), dies at 48  

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 April - 01.  

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  On April - 01 birth of william Harvey, England, physician (discovered blood circulation)  

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

1582  On April - 01 birth of thomas Simpson, composer  

1610  Charles de Saint-Évremond, French soldier (d. 1703) was born on April - 01.  

1640  Georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (d. 1697) was born on this day in history.