Famous Deaths In April - 04

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

0636  On April - 04 death of saint Isidore of Seville, Church Father and the proposed patron of Internet (b. cira 560)  

0896  On April - 04 formosus, Pope (891-96), dies  

1229  On April - 04 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  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  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 April - 04.  

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1536  On April - 04 death of frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (b. 1460)  

1585  On this day in history caspar de Robles, Spanish viceroy of Frisia, dies at about 57  

1588  Frederik II, King of Denmark/Norway (1559-88), dies at 53 on April - 04.  

1604  On this day in history thomas Churchyard, poet/pamphleteer, dies  

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

1617  On this day in history john Napier, Scottish mathematician/inventor (logarithms), dies  

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 this day in history 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  On this day in history johann C van Erckel, old Catholic theologist, dies at about 79  

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 April - 04.  

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

1774  On April - 04 oliver Goldsmith, Irish poet (She Stoops to Conquer), dies at 17  

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

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

1817  On April - 04 prince d'Essing, dies  

1841  On April - 04 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 April - 04.  

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

1492  On this day in history birth of ambrosius Blarer, German reformer (d. 1564)  

1527  Abraham Ortelius, [Ortels/Hortels], South Neth geographer was born on this day in history.  

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

1593  On this day in history birth of edward Nicholas, English statesman (d. 1669)  

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

1648  Grinling Gibbons, sculptor/woodcarver was born on April - 04.  

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