Famous Deaths In April - 02

1118  On April - 02 boudouin I, of Bologne/Edessa, 1st crusader/king of Jerusalem, dies   

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

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

1502  Arthur, English crown prince/husband of Catharina of Aragon, dies on this day in history.   

1507  On April - 02 death of francis of Paola, Italian founder of the Order of the Minims (b. 1416)   

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  Death of Joseph Dudley, colonial Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1647) on April - 02.   

1742  On April - 02 death of james Douglas, Scottish physician and anatomist (b. 1675)   

1747  Johann J Dillenius, German botanist, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

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

1758  On April - 02 johann Balthasar Konig, composer, dies at 67   

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

1787  On this day in history death of thomas Gage, British general (b. 1719)   

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  Death of Ludwig Heinrich Bojanus, German physician and naturalist (b. 1776) on this day in history.   

1831  On this day in history charles Felix, blind King of Sardina (1821-31), dies at 74   

1845  On this day in history death of philip Charles Durham, Royal Navy Admiral (b. 1763)   

1852  Theodor Althaus, writer, dies on this day in history.   

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  Paul van Vlissingen, Dutch ship owner, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1890  Marinus FAG Campbell, bibliographer, dies at 70 on April - 02.   

1892  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history death of hermann Rorschach, Swiss psychologist (b. 1884)   

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1348  Andronikos IV Palaiologos, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1385) was born on this day in history.   

1565  Cornelis de Houtman, Dutch explorer (d. 1599) was born on this day in history.   

1602  Maria de Jesus de Agreda, [Maria Coronel], Spanish franciscan was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1632  On this day in history birth of georg Caspar Weckler, composer   

1653  Prince George of Denmark, prince consort of Anne of England (d. 1708) was born on this day in history.   

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