Famous Deaths Happened In April - 02
Monday, 09 February 2026
1118 Boudouin I, of Bologne/Edessa, 1st crusader/king of Jerusalem, dies on April - 02. 

1272 Death of Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1209) on this day in history. 

1335 On April - 02 death of duke Henry of Carinthia (b. circa 1265) 

1412 Death of Ruy Gonzáles de Clavijo, Spanish traveler and writer (b. ????) on this day in history. 

1416 Ferdinand I, the Justified, king of Aragon/Sicily, dies at 52 on April - 02. 

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 Matthias C Sarbiewski, [Sarbievius], Polish jesuit/poet, dies at 45 on April - 02. 

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

1705 Johann Lohner, composer, dies at 59 on April - 02. 

1720 On April - 02 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 April - 02 johann J Dillenius, German botanist, dies at 63 

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

1758 Johann Balthasar Konig, composer, dies at 67 on April - 02. 

1784 Pierre Leclair, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history. 

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

1791 Death of Mirabeau, French statesman (b. 1749) on April - 02. 

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

1803 Hieronymus van Alphen, Dutch attorney/poet (church hymns), dies at 56 on April - 02. 

1817 Death of Johann Heinrich Jung, German author (b. 1740) on this day in history. 

1827 On this day in history death of ludwig Heinrich Bojanus, German physician and naturalist (b. 1776) 

1831 Charles Felix, blind King of Sardina (1821-31), dies at 74 on April - 02. 

1845 Death of Philip Charles Durham, Royal Navy Admiral (b. 1763) on April - 02. 

1852 On April - 02 theodor Althaus, writer, dies 

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

1872 On this day in history samuel F B Morse developer of electric telegraph, dies at 80 

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 this day in history death of boyd Alexander, English explorer (Niger to the Nile), murdered at 37 

1914 On this day in history 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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