Famous Deaths In April - 04

0397  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

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

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

1585  On April - 04 caspar de Robles, Spanish viceroy of Frisia, dies at about 57  

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 this day in history.  

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

1643  Simon Episcopius, [Bisschop], Dutch theologist, dies at 60 on April - 04.  

1661  On this day in history death of alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven, Scottish soldier (b. circa 1580)  

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

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  On April - 04 johann C van Erckel, old Catholic theologist, dies at about 79  

1743  On April - 04 death of daniel Neal, English historian (b. 1678)  

1761  On April - 04 death of theodore Gardelle, Swiss painter and enameler (b. 1722)  

1766  On this day in history death of john Taylor, English classical scholar (b. 1704)  

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

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

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

1806  Friedrich Gottlob Fleischer, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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