Famous Deaths Happened In April - 05
Thursday, 22 May 2025
0582 On this day in history death of eutychius, Patriarch of Constantinople (c. 512)
0828 On April - 05 nicephorus, patriarch of Constantinopel (806-15), dies at about 77
1168 Death of Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester (b. 1104) on this day in history.
1258 On April - 05 julian of Cornillon/Liege, Flemish visionary/saint, dies
1270 On April - 05 ramban Nachmanides, Talmudic scholar (Hiddushei Ha-Ramden), dies
1419 Death of Vincent Ferrer, Spanish missionary and saint (b. 1350) on this day in history.
1531 Death of Richard Roose, boiled to death for trying to poison an archbishop on this day in history.
1605 On this day in history death of adam Loftus, English Protestant archbishop in Ireland (c.1513)
1617 Death of Alonso Lobo, Spanish composer (b. 1555) on this day in history.
1649 On April - 05 john Winthrop, 1st governor Mass Bay Colony, dies at 61
1673 On April - 05 death of francois Caron, admiral/governor (Formosa), drowns at about 72
1676 On April - 05 death of john Winthrop, the Younger, American politician (b. 1606)
1684 On April - 05 william Brouncker, 2nd viscount/1st pres of Royal Society, dies
1693 On April - 05 anne M L of Orleans, duchess (Grande Mademoiselle), dies at 65
1695 On this day in history george Savile, 1st marquis of Halifax, dies at 61
1697 Charles XI, King of Sweden (1660-97), dies at 41 on this day in history.
1712 John Luyken, poet/etcher (species company), dies at 63 on April - 05.
1717 On this day in history death of jean Jouvenet, French painter (b. 1647)
1723 J Fischer von Erlach, Austrian architect (Hofburg, Vienna), dies at 66 on this day in history.
1732 On this day in history johann Christian Schieferdecker, composer, dies at 52
1735 Death of William Derham, English minister and writer (b. 1657) on April - 05.
1765 Edward Young, English poet (Love of Fame), dies at 81 on April - 05.
1794 On this day in history death of georges-Jacques Danton, French revolutionary leader, guillotined at 34
1811 On this day in history robert Raikes, founder of Sunday Schools, dies
1820 On this day in history henrik C Cras, lawyer (Laudatio Hugonis Grotii), dies at 81
1871 Georg Andreas Henkel, composer, dies at 66 on April - 05.
1878 On this day in history wilhelm Speyer, composer, dies at 87
1884 On this day in history john Wisden, publisher/cricketer (prominent Sussex player), dies
1896 John Rogers Thomas, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.
1900 Comte de Villebois-Marevil, French/S African general, dies in battle on April - 05.
1907 On this day in history anton G van Hamel, founder (Roman philosphy in Neth), dies at 65
1908 On April - 05 gaetano Coronaro, composer, dies at 55
1918 Paul Vidal de la Blanche, French geographer, dies at 73 on April - 05.
1921 On this day in history alphonsus J M Diepenbrock, Dutch composer (Missa), dies at 58
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