Famous Deaths In April - 04

0397  On this day in history ambrosius, gov of Liguria/bishop of Milan (374-97)/saint, dies  

0636  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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  Nicholas IV, [Girolamo Masci], Pope (1288-92), dies on this day in history.  

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  John van Touraine, 1st husband of Jacoba of Bavaria, dies on April - 04.  

1536  Death of Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (b. 1460) on this day in history.  

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

1588  On this day in history frederik II, King of Denmark/Norway (1559-88), dies at 53  

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

1609  Death of Charles de L'Ecluse, Flemish botanist (b. 1526) on April - 04.  

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

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

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

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

1714  Karel, duke of Berry/French heir to the throne, dies on April - 04.  

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

1743  Death of Daniel Neal, English historian (b. 1678) on this day in history.  

1761  Death of Theodore Gardelle, Swiss painter and enameler (b. 1722) on this day in history.  

1766  Death of John Taylor, English classical scholar (b. 1704) on this day in history.  

1774  Oliver Goldsmith, Irish poet (She Stoops to Conquer), dies at 17 on this day in history.  

1784  On this day in history mary Mead, wife of English journalist John Wilkes, dies  

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

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

1807  On April - 04 joseph Jerome Le Francais de Lalande, French astronomer, dies  

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

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

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

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0186  On April - 04 birth of caracalla, Roman emperor (d. 217)  

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

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)