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

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

1416  Ferdinand I, the Justified, king of Aragon/Sicily, dies at 52 on this day in history.  

1502  On April - 02 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 April - 02.  

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.  

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1720  Death of Joseph Dudley, colonial Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1647) on this day in history.  

1742  Death of James Douglas, Scottish physician and anatomist (b. 1675) on April - 02.  

1747  Johann J Dillenius, German botanist, dies at 63 on April - 02.  

1754  On April - 02 death of thomas Carte, English historian (b. 1686)  

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

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

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

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

1801  On this day in history 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 April - 02 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  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 April - 02.  

1852  On this day in history theodor Althaus, writer, dies  

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

1872  On this day in history 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  Marinus FAG Campbell, bibliographer, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

1892  Willem J d'Ablaing van Giessenburg, Dut baron/genealogist, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

1902  Death of Esther Morris, suffragist and first female American judge (b. 1814) on April - 02.  

1910  On this day in history 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  Cornelis de Houtman, Dutch explorer (d. 1599) was born on April - 02.  

1602  Maria de Jesus de Agreda, [Maria Coronel], Spanish franciscan was born on April - 02.  

1618  On this day in history birth of francesco M Grimaldi, mathematician/physicist (light defraction)  

1628  On this day in history birth of constantin Christian Dedekind, composer  

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

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

1711  On this day in history birth of jan Punt, Dutch engraver/illustrator/actor (Gideonschool)