Famous Deaths In April - 05

0582  Death of Eutychius, Patriarch of Constantinople (c. 512) on April - 05.  

0828  On this day in history nicephorus, patriarch of Constantinopel (806-15), dies at about 77  

1168  On April - 05 death of robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester (b. 1104)  

1258  On this day in history julian of Cornillon/Liege, Flemish visionary/saint, dies  

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

1419  Death of Vincent Ferrer, Spanish missionary and saint (b. 1350) on April - 05.  

1531  On this day in history death of richard Roose, boiled to death for trying to poison an archbishop  

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 this day in history.  

1649  On April - 05 john Winthrop, 1st governor Mass Bay Colony, dies at 61  

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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  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 April - 05.  

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

1732  Johann Christian Schieferdecker, composer, dies at 52 on April - 05.  

1735  On April - 05 death of william Derham, English minister and writer (b. 1657)  

1765  Edward Young, English poet (Love of Fame), dies at 81 on April - 05.  

1794  Death of Georges-Jacques Danton, French revolutionary leader, guillotined at 34 on this day in history.  

1811  On this day in history robert Raikes, founder of Sunday Schools, dies  

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

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

1878  Wilhelm Speyer, composer, dies at 87 on this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history.  

1907  On April - 05 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  Emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (d. 1336) was born on April - 05.  

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  On April - 05 birth of thomas Hobbes, England, philosopher (Leviathan)  

1595  On this day in history birth of john Wilson, composer  

1598  On this day in history birth of laurentius Erhard, composer  

1604  On this day in history birth of charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1675)  

1622  Vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician (d. 1703) was born on this day in history.