Famous Deaths Happened In April - 05

0582  Death of Eutychius, Patriarch of Constantinople (c. 512) on this day in history.   

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  Julian of Cornillon/Liege, Flemish visionary/saint, dies on April - 05.   

1270  Ramban Nachmanides, Talmudic scholar (Hiddushei Ha-Ramden), dies on April - 05.   

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 April - 05.   

1605  On this day in history death of adam Loftus, English Protestant archbishop in Ireland (c.1513)   

1617  On April - 05 death of alonso Lobo, Spanish composer (b. 1555)   

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  Death of John Winthrop, the Younger, American politician (b. 1606) on April - 05.   

1684  On this day in history 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  George Savile, 1st marquis of Halifax, dies at 61 on April - 05.   

1697  Charles XI, King of Sweden (1660-97), dies at 41 on April - 05.   

1712  John Luyken, poet/etcher (species company), dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1717  On this day in history death of jean Jouvenet, French painter (b. 1647)   

1723  On this day in history j Fischer von Erlach, Austrian architect (Hofburg, Vienna), dies at 66   

1732  On April - 05 johann Christian Schieferdecker, composer, dies at 52   

1735  Death of William Derham, English minister and writer (b. 1657) on this day in history.   

1765  On this day in history edward Young, English poet (Love of Fame), dies at 81   

1794  Death of Georges-Jacques Danton, French revolutionary leader, guillotined at 34 on April - 05.   

1811  Robert Raikes, founder of Sunday Schools, dies on April - 05.   

1820  Henrik C Cras, lawyer (Laudatio Hugonis Grotii), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1871  On April - 05 georg Andreas Henkel, composer, dies at 66   

1878  On April - 05 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 April - 05.   

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 this day in history gaetano Coronaro, composer, dies at 55   

1918  On April - 05 paul Vidal de la Blanche, French geographer, dies at 73   

1921  On April - 05 alphonsus J M Diepenbrock, Dutch composer (Missa), dies at 58   

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1288  On April - 05 birth of emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (d. 1336)   

1472  On this day in history birth of bianca Maria Sforza, wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1510)   

1523  On April - 05 birth of blaise de Vigenère, French cryptographer (d. 1596)   

1588  Thomas Hobbes, England, philosopher (Leviathan) was born on this day in history.   

1595  On April - 05 birth of john Wilson, composer   

1598  On April - 05 birth of laurentius Erhard, composer   

1604  On April - 05 birth of charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1675)   

1622  On this day in history birth of vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician (d. 1703)