Famous Deaths In April - 04

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

0636  On April - 04 death of saint Isidore of Seville, Church Father and the proposed patron of Internet (b. cira 560)  

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

1229  On April - 04 hugo van Pierrepont, bishop of Liege, dies  

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

1292  On this day in history nicholas IV, [Girolamo Masci], Pope (1288-92), dies  

1305  On April - 04 death of jeanne of Navarre, wife of Philip IV of France (b. circa 1217)  

1393  Floris van Wevelinkhoven, bishop of Utrecht, dies on this day in history.  

1406  On this day in history robert III, King of Scotland (1390-1406), dies  

1417  John van Touraine, 1st husband of Jacoba of Bavaria, dies on this day in history.  

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1536  On this day in history death of frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (b. 1460)  

1585  Caspar de Robles, Spanish viceroy of Frisia, dies at about 57 on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history death of charles de L'Ecluse, Flemish botanist (b. 1526)  

1617  John Napier, Scottish mathematician/inventor (logarithms), dies on this day in history.  

1643  On April - 04 simon Episcopius, [Bisschop], Dutch theologist, dies at 60  

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

1662  On April - 04 davis Mell, composer, dies at 57  

1664  On this day in history adam Willaerts, Dutch seascape painter, dies  

1701  On April - 04 death of joseph Haines, entertainer and author  

1714  Karel, duke of Berry/French heir to the throne, dies on this day in history.  

1734  On this day in history johann C van Erckel, old Catholic theologist, dies at about 79  

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 this day in history.  

1766  On April - 04 death of john Taylor, English classical scholar (b. 1704)  

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

1784  On April - 04 mary Mead, wife of English journalist John Wilkes, dies  

1792  Death of James Sykes, American politician (b. 1725) on April - 04.  

1806  On April - 04 friedrich Gottlob Fleischer, composer, dies at 84  

1807  On this day in history joseph Jerome Le Francais de Lalande, French astronomer, dies  

1817  Prince d'Essing, dies on this day in history.  

1841  On April - 04 death of william Henry Harrison, becomes 1st pres to die in office, at 68  

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

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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 April - 04.  

1527  Abraham Ortelius, [Ortels/Hortels], South Neth geographer was born on this day in history.  

1572  On April - 04 birth of william Strachey, English writer (d. 1621)  

1593  Edward Nicholas, English statesman (d. 1669) was born on this day in history.  

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

1648  Grinling Gibbons, sculptor/woodcarver was born on this day in history.  

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