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 April - 04.  

1229  On this day in history hugo van Pierrepont, bishop of Liege, dies  

1284  On April - 04 alfonso X, "El Sabio" King of Castile/Leon (1252-84), dies at 62  

1292  Nicholas IV, [Girolamo Masci], Pope (1288-92), dies on April - 04.  

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 April - 04.  

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  Death of Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (b. 1460) on April - 04.  

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

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

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

1714  On this day in history karel, duke of Berry/French heir to the throne, dies  

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

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

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

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

1817  Prince d'Essing, dies on April - 04.  

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

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

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0186  Caracalla, Roman emperor (d. 217) was born on this day in history.  

1492  On April - 04 birth of ambrosius Blarer, German reformer (d. 1564)  

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  On April - 04 birth of edward Nicholas, English statesman (d. 1669)  

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

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

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