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  On April - 01 eleanor of Aquitaine, wife of Louis VII & Henry II, dies at 81  

1205  On this day in history amalrik II, King of Cyprus/Jerusalem, dies  

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

1548  Sigismund I, the Elder, King of Poland, dies at 81 on April - 01.  

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

1611  On this day in history death of gillis van Valkenborch, Flemish painter, buried at about 72  

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

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

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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  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 this day in history narciso Casanovas, composer, dies at 52  

1807  On this day in history louis Francois Chambray, composer, dies at 69  

1814  On this day in history jozef de Ferraris, French/Austrian general/cartographer, dies at 87  

1830  Carl Borromaus Neuner, composer, dies at 51 on April - 01.  

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 this day in history death of giuditta Pasta, Italian soprano (b. 1797)  

1866  Aime Ambroise Simon Leborne, composer, dies at 98 on this day in history.  

1869  Anthony G O Ridder van Rappard, Min of Reformed Worship, dies at 69 on April - 01.  

1870  Patrick Gass, sgt of Lewis & Clark Expedition, dies at 98 on this day in history.  

1872  Death of Frederick Maurice, English theologian (b. 1805) on April - 01.  

1878  On this day in history eugene Gautier, composer, dies at 56  

1890  On April - 01 death of david Wilber, American politician (b. 1820)  

1901  Francois M Raoult, Fren physicist/chemist (Law of Raoult), dies at 70 on April - 01.  

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  Johann Joseph Abert, composer, dies at 82 on April - 01.  

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

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

1283  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

1582  Thomas Simpson, composer was born on April - 01.  

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

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