Famous Deaths In April - 02

1118  Boudouin I, of Bologne/Edessa, 1st crusader/king of Jerusalem, dies on this day in history.  

1272  Death of Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1209) on April - 02.  

1335  On this day in history death of duke Henry of Carinthia (b. circa 1265)  

1412  Death of Ruy Gonzáles de Clavijo, Spanish traveler and writer (b. ????) on April - 02.  

1416  On this day in history ferdinand I, the Justified, king of Aragon/Sicily, dies at 52  

1502  Arthur, English crown prince/husband of Catharina of Aragon, dies on April - 02.  

1507  On this day in history death of francis of Paola, Italian founder of the Order of the Minims (b. 1416)  

1640  On this day in history matthias C Sarbiewski, [Sarbievius], Polish jesuit/poet, dies at 45  

1657  On this day in history ferdinand III, King of Hungarian/Bohemia/German Emperor, dies at 48  

1705  On April - 02 johann Lohner, composer, dies at 59  

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1720  Death of Joseph Dudley, colonial Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1647) on April - 02.  

1742  Death of James Douglas, Scottish physician and anatomist (b. 1675) on this day in history.  

1747  Johann J Dillenius, German botanist, dies at 63 on this day in history.  

1754  On this day in history death of thomas Carte, English historian (b. 1686)  

1758  On April - 02 johann Balthasar Konig, composer, dies at 67  

1784  Pierre Leclair, composer, dies at 74 on April - 02.  

1787  On April - 02 death of thomas Gage, British general (b. 1719)  

1791  On April - 02 death of mirabeau, French statesman (b. 1749)  

1801  On April - 02 death of thomas Dadford Junior, British canal engineer (b. circa 1761)  

1803  On this day in history hieronymus van Alphen, Dutch attorney/poet (church hymns), dies at 56  

1817  On this day in history death of johann Heinrich Jung, German author (b. 1740)  

1827  Death of Ludwig Heinrich Bojanus, German physician and naturalist (b. 1776) on April - 02.  

1831  On this day in history charles Felix, blind King of Sardina (1821-31), dies at 74  

1845  On April - 02 death of philip Charles Durham, Royal Navy Admiral (b. 1763)  

1852  On April - 02 theodor Althaus, writer, dies  

1865  On this day in history death of ambrose Powell Hill, Confederate general, killed in action at 39  

1872  On April - 02 samuel F B Morse developer of electric telegraph, dies at 80  

1876  Paul van Vlissingen, Dutch ship owner, dies at 78 on this day in history.  

1890  On this day in history marinus FAG Campbell, bibliographer, dies at 70  

1892  On this day in history willem J d'Ablaing van Giessenburg, Dut baron/genealogist, dies at 79  

1902  On April - 02 death of esther Morris, suffragist and first female American judge (b. 1814)  

1910  Death of Boyd Alexander, English explorer (Niger to the Nile), murdered at 37 on April - 02.  

1914  On April - 02 death of paul von Heyse, German writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1830)  

1922  Death of Hermann Rorschach, Swiss psychologist (b. 1884) on this day in history.  

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1348  On this day in history birth of andronikos IV Palaiologos, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1385)  

1565  Cornelis de Houtman, Dutch explorer (d. 1599) was born on April - 02.  

1602  On April - 02 birth of maria de Jesus de Agreda, [Maria Coronel], Spanish franciscan  

1618  Francesco M Grimaldi, mathematician/physicist (light defraction) was born on April - 02.  

1628  On April - 02 birth of constantin Christian Dedekind, composer  

1632  On April - 02 birth of georg Caspar Weckler, composer  

1653  Prince George of Denmark, prince consort of Anne of England (d. 1708) was born on April - 02.  

1711  Jan Punt, Dutch engraver/illustrator/actor (Gideonschool) was born on April - 02.