Famous Deaths Happened In April - 02
Monday, 27 October 2025
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 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 Ferdinand I, the Justified, king of Aragon/Sicily, dies at 52 on this day in history. 

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

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

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

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

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

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 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 Death of Johann Heinrich Jung, German author (b. 1740) on April - 02. 

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

1852 On April - 02 theodor Althaus, writer, dies 

1865 On April - 02 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 On this day in history paul van Vlissingen, Dutch ship owner, dies at 78 

1890 Marinus FAG Campbell, bibliographer, dies at 70 on this day in history. 

1892 On April - 02 willem J d'Ablaing van Giessenburg, Dut baron/genealogist, dies at 79 

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

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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