Famous Deaths In April - 04

0397  On April - 04 ambrosius, gov of Liguria/bishop of Milan (374-97)/saint, dies  

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

0896  Formosus, Pope (891-96), dies on April - 04.  

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 April - 04.  

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

1305  On this day in history 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 April - 04 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 April - 04.  

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

1604  Thomas Churchyard, poet/pamphleteer, dies on April - 04.  

1609  On April - 04 death of charles de L'Ecluse, Flemish botanist (b. 1526)  

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  On April - 04 death of alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven, Scottish soldier (b. circa 1580)  

1662  Davis Mell, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.  

1664  Adam Willaerts, Dutch seascape painter, dies on April - 04.  

1701  Death of Joseph Haines, entertainer and author on April - 04.  

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

1734  Johann C van Erckel, old Catholic theologist, dies at about 79 on April - 04.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1792  On this day in history death of james Sykes, American politician (b. 1725)  

1806  On this day in history friedrich Gottlob Fleischer, composer, dies at 84  

1807  Joseph Jerome Le Francais de Lalande, French astronomer, dies on this day in history.  

1817  On April - 04 prince d'Essing, dies  

1841  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of ambrosius Blarer, German reformer (d. 1564)  

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

1572  William Strachey, English writer (d. 1621) was born on this day in history.  

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

1646  On this day in history birth of antoine Galland, French archaeologist (d. 1715)  

1648  On this day in history birth of grinling Gibbons, sculptor/woodcarver  

1688  Joseph-Nicolas Delisle, French astronomer (d. 1768) was born on this day in history.