Famous Deaths In April - 04

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

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 this day in history.   

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

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  On this day in history death of jeanne of Navarre, wife of Philip IV of France (b. circa 1217)   

1393  Floris van Wevelinkhoven, bishop of Utrecht, dies on this day in history.   

1406  On this day in history 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  Death of Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (b. 1460) on this day in history.   

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

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 April - 04.   

1661  On April - 04 death of alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven, Scottish soldier (b. circa 1580)   

1662  Davis Mell, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

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 April - 04.   

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

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 April - 04.   

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

1807  Joseph Jerome Le Francais de Lalande, French astronomer, dies on April - 04.   

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  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 April - 04.   

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  Edward Nicholas, English statesman (d. 1669) was born on this day in history.   

1646  Antoine Galland, French archaeologist (d. 1715) was born on April - 04.   

1648  On this day in history birth of grinling Gibbons, sculptor/woodcarver   

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