Famous Deaths Happened In April - 04
Thursday, 15 January 2026
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 this day in history. 

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

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 April - 04. 

1604 On April - 04 thomas Churchyard, poet/pamphleteer, dies 

1609 Death of Charles de L'Ecluse, Flemish botanist (b. 1526) on this day in history. 

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 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 Death of Daniel Neal, English historian (b. 1678) on April - 04. 

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

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 this day in history. 

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 On this day in history 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 On this day in history charles Bulfinch, 1st US pro architect (Mass State House), dies at 80 

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