Famous Deaths In April - 02

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

1272  On April - 02 death of richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1209)  

1335  Death of Duke Henry of Carinthia (b. circa 1265) on April - 02.  

1412  On this day in history death of ruy Gonzáles de Clavijo, Spanish traveler and writer (b. ????)  

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

1502  On this day in history arthur, English crown prince/husband of Catharina of Aragon, dies  

1507  Death of Francis of Paola, Italian founder of the Order of the Minims (b. 1416) on this day in history.  

1640  On April - 02 matthias C Sarbiewski, [Sarbievius], Polish jesuit/poet, dies at 45  

1657  Ferdinand III, King of Hungarian/Bohemia/German Emperor, dies at 48 on April - 02.  

1705  Johann Lohner, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.  

1720  On this day in history death of joseph Dudley, colonial Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1647)  

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

1747  On this day in history johann J Dillenius, German botanist, dies at 63  

1754  Death of Thomas Carte, English historian (b. 1686) on this day in history.  

1758  On this day in history johann Balthasar Konig, composer, dies at 67  

1784  On April - 02 pierre Leclair, composer, dies at 74  

1787  Death of Thomas Gage, British general (b. 1719) on this day in history.  

1791  On this day in history death of mirabeau, French statesman (b. 1749)  

1801  Death of Thomas Dadford Junior, British canal engineer (b. circa 1761) on this day in history.  

1803  On April - 02 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 this day in history.  

1831  Charles Felix, blind King of Sardina (1821-31), dies at 74 on this day in history.  

1845  Death of Philip Charles Durham, Royal Navy Admiral (b. 1763) on this day in history.  

1852  Theodor Althaus, writer, dies on April - 02.  

1865  Death of Ambrose Powell Hill, Confederate general, killed in action at 39 on this day in history.  

1872  Samuel F B Morse developer of electric telegraph, dies at 80 on April - 02.  

1876  On this day in history paul van Vlissingen, Dutch ship owner, dies at 78  

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

1892  On April - 02 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  On April - 02 death of boyd Alexander, English explorer (Niger to the Nile), murdered at 37  

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

1922  On April - 02 death of hermann Rorschach, Swiss psychologist (b. 1884)  

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1348  On April - 02 birth of andronikos IV Palaiologos, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1385)  

1565  On April - 02 birth of cornelis de Houtman, Dutch explorer (d. 1599)  

1602  On this day in history birth of maria de Jesus de Agreda, [Maria Coronel], Spanish franciscan  

1618  On April - 02 birth of francesco M Grimaldi, mathematician/physicist (light defraction)  

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

1632  Georg Caspar Weckler, composer was born on April - 02.  

1653  On April - 02 birth of prince George of Denmark, prince consort of Anne of England (d. 1708)  

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