Famous Deaths In April - 01

1085  Death of Emperor Shenzong of China (b. 1048) on this day in history.  

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 April - 01.  

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

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

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

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

1611  Death of Gillis van Valkenborch, Flemish painter, buried at about 72 on this day in history.  

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  Louis Lully, composer, dies at 69 on April - 01.  

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

1807  On April - 01 louis Francois Chambray, composer, dies at 69  

1814  On April - 01 jozef de Ferraris, French/Austrian general/cartographer, dies at 87  

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

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  Aime Ambroise Simon Leborne, composer, dies at 98 on April - 01.  

1869  On this day in history anthony G O Ridder van Rappard, Min of Reformed Worship, dies at 69  

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  Eugene Gautier, composer, dies at 56 on April - 01.  

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

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

1910  Andreas Aschenbach, German painter/engraver, dies at 94 on this day in history.  

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

1915  On this day in history johann Joseph Abert, composer, dies at 82  

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 this day in history.  

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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  On this day in history birth of françois de Bonne, duc de Lesdiguières, Constable of France (d. 1626)  

1578  On April - 01 birth of william Harvey, England, physician (discovered blood circulation)  

1582  Gaspar de Crayer, Flemish painter was born on this day in history.  

1582  Thomas Simpson, composer was born on this day in history.  

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)