Famous Deaths In April - 04

0397  Ambrosius, gov of Liguria/bishop of Milan (374-97)/saint, dies on April - 04.  

0636  Death of Saint Isidore of Seville, Church Father and the proposed patron of Internet (b. cira 560) on this day in history.  

0896  On this day in history formosus, Pope (891-96), dies  

1229  Hugo van Pierrepont, bishop of Liege, dies on this day in history.  

1284  Alfonso X, "El Sabio" King of Castile/Leon (1252-84), dies at 62 on this day in history.  

1292  On April - 04 nicholas IV, [Girolamo Masci], Pope (1288-92), dies  

1305  Death of Jeanne of Navarre, wife of Philip IV of France (b. circa 1217) on this day in history.  

1393  On April - 04 floris van Wevelinkhoven, bishop of Utrecht, dies  

1406  On April - 04 robert III, King of Scotland (1390-1406), dies  

1417  On April - 04 john van Touraine, 1st husband of Jacoba of Bavaria, dies  

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1536  Death of Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (b. 1460) on April - 04.  

1585  Caspar de Robles, Spanish viceroy of Frisia, dies at about 57 on April - 04.  

1588  On April - 04 frederik II, King of Denmark/Norway (1559-88), dies at 53  

1604  On April - 04 thomas Churchyard, poet/pamphleteer, dies  

1609  Death of Charles de L'Ecluse, Flemish botanist (b. 1526) on this day in history.  

1617  On April - 04 john Napier, Scottish mathematician/inventor (logarithms), dies  

1643  Simon Episcopius, [Bisschop], Dutch theologist, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

1661  Death of Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven, Scottish soldier (b. circa 1580) on this day in history.  

1662  Davis Mell, composer, dies at 57 on April - 04.  

1664  Adam Willaerts, Dutch seascape painter, dies on this day in history.  

1701  On this day in history death of joseph Haines, entertainer and author  

1714  On this day in history karel, duke of Berry/French heir to the throne, dies  

1734  Johann C van Erckel, old Catholic theologist, dies at about 79 on this day in history.  

1743  On this day in history death of daniel Neal, English historian (b. 1678)  

1761  Death of Theodore Gardelle, Swiss painter and enameler (b. 1722) on April - 04.  

1766  Death of John Taylor, English classical scholar (b. 1704) on April - 04.  

1774  Oliver Goldsmith, Irish poet (She Stoops to Conquer), dies at 17 on April - 04.  

1784  Mary Mead, wife of English journalist John Wilkes, dies on April - 04.  

1792  On April - 04 death of james Sykes, American politician (b. 1725)  

1806  Friedrich Gottlob Fleischer, composer, dies at 84 on April - 04.  

1807  Joseph Jerome Le Francais de Lalande, French astronomer, dies on April - 04.  

1817  Prince d'Essing, dies on April - 04.  

1841  Death of William Henry Harrison, becomes 1st pres to die in office, at 68 on April - 04.  

1844  Charles Bulfinch, 1st US pro architect (Mass State House), dies at 80 on this day in history.  

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0186  Caracalla, Roman emperor (d. 217) was born on April - 04.  

1492  Ambrosius Blarer, German reformer (d. 1564) was born on this day in history.  

1527  On this day in history birth of abraham Ortelius, [Ortels/Hortels], South Neth geographer  

1572  On this day in history birth of william Strachey, English writer (d. 1621)  

1593  Edward Nicholas, English statesman (d. 1669) was born on April - 04.  

1646  On April - 04 birth of antoine Galland, French archaeologist (d. 1715)  

1648  On April - 04 birth of grinling Gibbons, sculptor/woodcarver  

1688  On this day in history birth of joseph-Nicolas Delisle, French astronomer (d. 1768)