Famous Deaths In April - 05

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

0828  Nicephorus, patriarch of Constantinopel (806-15), dies at about 77 on April - 05.  

1168  Death of Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester (b. 1104) on this day in history.  

1258  On this day in history 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 April - 05.  

1531  Death of Richard Roose, boiled to death for trying to poison an archbishop on April - 05.  

1605  Death of Adam Loftus, English Protestant archbishop in Ireland (c.1513) on this day in history.  

1617  Death of Alonso Lobo, Spanish composer (b. 1555) on April - 05.  

1649  On this day in history john Winthrop, 1st governor Mass Bay Colony, dies at 61  

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1673  Death of Francois Caron, admiral/governor (Formosa), drowns at about 72 on this day in history.  

1676  On April - 05 death of john Winthrop, the Younger, American politician (b. 1606)  

1684  William Brouncker, 2nd viscount/1st pres of Royal Society, dies on this day in history.  

1693  Anne M L of Orleans, duchess (Grande Mademoiselle), dies at 65 on this day in history.  

1695  On April - 05 george Savile, 1st marquis of Halifax, dies at 61  

1697  On this day in history charles XI, King of Sweden (1660-97), dies at 41  

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  J Fischer von Erlach, Austrian architect (Hofburg, Vienna), dies at 66 on April - 05.  

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  On April - 05 death of georges-Jacques Danton, French revolutionary leader, guillotined at 34  

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

1820  On April - 05 henrik C Cras, lawyer (Laudatio Hugonis Grotii), dies at 81  

1871  Georg Andreas Henkel, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

1878  On this day in history wilhelm Speyer, composer, dies at 87  

1884  John Wisden, publisher/cricketer (prominent Sussex player), dies on this day in history.  

1896  On this day in history john Rogers Thomas, composer, dies at 66  

1900  On April - 05 comte de Villebois-Marevil, French/S African general, dies in battle  

1907  On this day in history anton G van Hamel, founder (Roman philosphy in Neth), dies at 65  

1908  Gaetano Coronaro, composer, dies at 55 on April - 05.  

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  Bianca Maria Sforza, wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1510) was born on this day in history.  

1523  Blaise de Vigenère, French cryptographer (d. 1596) was born on this day in history.  

1588  Thomas Hobbes, England, philosopher (Leviathan) was born on April - 05.  

1595  On April - 05 birth of john Wilson, composer  

1598  On April - 05 birth of laurentius Erhard, composer  

1604  Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1675) was born on this day in history.  

1622  On April - 05 birth of vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician (d. 1703)