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 April - 04.  

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  Nicholas IV, [Girolamo Masci], Pope (1288-92), dies on April - 04.  

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 April - 04.  

1406  Robert III, King of Scotland (1390-1406), dies on April - 04.  

1417  On this day in history john van Touraine, 1st husband of Jacoba of Bavaria, dies  

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1536  On April - 04 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 this day in history 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  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  On April - 04 davis Mell, composer, dies at 57  

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

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

1714  On April - 04 karel, duke of Berry/French heir to the throne, dies  

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

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

1761  On this day in history 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 this day in history mary Mead, wife of English journalist John Wilkes, dies  

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

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

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

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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  Abraham Ortelius, [Ortels/Hortels], South Neth geographer was born on April - 04.  

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  Antoine Galland, French archaeologist (d. 1715) was born on April - 04.  

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

1688  Joseph-Nicolas Delisle, French astronomer (d. 1768) was born on April - 04.