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 April - 04.   

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

1229  Hugo van Pierrepont, bishop of Liege, dies on this day in history.   

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

1292  Nicholas IV, [Girolamo Masci], Pope (1288-92), dies on this day in history.   

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 April - 04.   

1417  John van Touraine, 1st husband of Jacoba of Bavaria, dies on April - 04.   

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 April - 04.   

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

1604  Thomas Churchyard, poet/pamphleteer, dies on April - 04.   

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 April - 04.   

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 April - 04.   

1662  Davis Mell, composer, dies at 57 on April - 04.   

1664  On April - 04 adam Willaerts, Dutch seascape painter, dies   

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

1743  On this day in history death of daniel Neal, English historian (b. 1678)   

1761  Death of Theodore Gardelle, Swiss painter and enameler (b. 1722) on April - 04.   

1766  On April - 04 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  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  On this day in history friedrich Gottlob Fleischer, composer, dies at 84   

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

1817  Prince d'Essing, dies on this day in history.   

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

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

1527  On April - 04 birth of abraham Ortelius, [Ortels/Hortels], South Neth geographer   

1572  On April - 04 birth of william Strachey, English writer (d. 1621)   

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

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 April - 04 birth of joseph-Nicolas Delisle, French astronomer (d. 1768)