Famous Deaths In April - 04

0397  Ambrosius, gov of Liguria/bishop of Milan (374-97)/saint, dies on this day in history.   

0636  On this day in history death of saint Isidore of Seville, Church Father and the proposed patron of Internet (b. cira 560)   

0896  Formosus, Pope (891-96), dies on April - 04.   

1229  On April - 04 hugo van Pierrepont, bishop of Liege, dies   

1284  On this day in history alfonso X, "El Sabio" King of Castile/Leon (1252-84), dies at 62   

1292  On April - 04 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  Robert III, King of Scotland (1390-1406), dies on this day in history.   

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

1536  Death of Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (b. 1460) on April - 04.   

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

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

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

1609  On April - 04 death of charles de L'Ecluse, Flemish botanist (b. 1526)   

1617  On April - 04 john Napier, Scottish mathematician/inventor (logarithms), dies   

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

1661  Death of Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven, Scottish soldier (b. circa 1580) on April - 04.   

1662  On this day in history davis Mell, composer, dies at 57   

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

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

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

1734  On April - 04 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 this day in history oliver Goldsmith, Irish poet (She Stoops to Conquer), dies at 17   

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

1792  Death of James Sykes, American politician (b. 1725) on this day in history.   

1806  On April - 04 friedrich Gottlob Fleischer, composer, dies at 84   

1807  Joseph Jerome Le Francais de Lalande, French astronomer, dies on this day in history.   

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

1841  On April - 04 death of william Henry Harrison, becomes 1st pres to die in office, at 68   

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

1646  Antoine Galland, French archaeologist (d. 1715) was born on this day in history.   

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

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