Famous Deaths In April - 02

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  Death of Duke Henry of Carinthia (b. circa 1265) on this day in history.  

1412  On April - 02 death of ruy Gonzáles de Clavijo, Spanish traveler and writer (b. ????)  

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

1502  On April - 02 arthur, English crown prince/husband of Catharina of Aragon, dies  

1507  On April - 02 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  Ferdinand III, King of Hungarian/Bohemia/German Emperor, dies at 48 on April - 02.  

1705  On this day in history 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 April - 02.  

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

1758  Johann Balthasar Konig, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

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  Death of Mirabeau, French statesman (b. 1749) on this day in history.  

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

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

1817  On April - 02 death of johann Heinrich Jung, German author (b. 1740)  

1827  On April - 02 death of ludwig Heinrich Bojanus, German physician and naturalist (b. 1776)  

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

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

1852  On April - 02 theodor Althaus, writer, dies  

1865  Death of Ambrose Powell Hill, Confederate general, killed in action at 39 on April - 02.  

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  Marinus FAG Campbell, bibliographer, dies at 70 on April - 02.  

1892  Willem J d'Ablaing van Giessenburg, Dut baron/genealogist, dies at 79 on April - 02.  

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  Death of Paul von Heyse, German writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1830) on April - 02.  

1922  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of cornelis de Houtman, Dutch explorer (d. 1599)  

1602  On April - 02 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  Constantin Christian Dedekind, composer was born on this day in history.  

1632  Georg Caspar Weckler, composer was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.