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

1229  On this day in history hugo van Pierrepont, bishop of Liege, dies  

1284  Alfonso X, "El Sabio" King of Castile/Leon (1252-84), dies at 62 on April - 04.  

1292  Nicholas IV, [Girolamo Masci], Pope (1288-92), dies on April - 04.  

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 April - 04.  

1417  John van Touraine, 1st husband of Jacoba of Bavaria, dies on this day in history.  

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1536  Death of Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (b. 1460) on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1714  Karel, duke of Berry/French heir to the throne, dies on this day in history.  

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 April - 04.  

1761  On April - 04 death of theodore Gardelle, Swiss painter and enameler (b. 1722)  

1766  Death of John Taylor, English classical scholar (b. 1704) on April - 04.  

1774  Oliver Goldsmith, Irish poet (She Stoops to Conquer), dies at 17 on this day in history.  

1784  Mary Mead, wife of English journalist John Wilkes, dies on this day in history.  

1792  Death of James Sykes, American politician (b. 1725) on April - 04.  

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 April - 04.  

1841  Death of William Henry Harrison, becomes 1st pres to die in office, at 68 on April - 04.  

1844  On April - 04 charles Bulfinch, 1st US pro architect (Mass State House), dies at 80  

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0186  Caracalla, Roman emperor (d. 217) was born on this day in history.  

1492  Ambrosius Blarer, German reformer (d. 1564) was born on this day in history.  

1527  On this day in history birth of abraham Ortelius, [Ortels/Hortels], South Neth geographer  

1572  William Strachey, English writer (d. 1621) was born on April - 04.  

1593  On April - 04 birth of edward Nicholas, English statesman (d. 1669)  

1646  On April - 04 birth of antoine Galland, French archaeologist (d. 1715)  

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

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