Famous Deaths In April - 06

0885  Methodius, Greek apostle of the slaves/archbishop of Sirmium, dies on April - 06.   

0912  Nottker "the Stamelaar", benedictine monk/poet, dies at about 71 on this day in history.   

1147  On April - 06 death of frederick II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1090)   

1199  Richard I, the Lion-hearted, King of England (1189-99), dies at 41 on this day in history.   

1252  On this day in history peter of Verona, [Peter Martyr], Italian inquisitor/st, dies at 45   

1348  On this day in history petrarch's Laura, dies of plague   

1362  Death of Jacques de Bourbon, count of Marche, killed in battle on this day in history.   

1472  On this day in history pieter Bladelin, Belgium, land owner (Middelburg castle), dies   

1489  Death of Hans Waldmann, Swiss military/mayor (Zurich), beheaded on this day in history.   

1490  On this day in history matthias Corvinus, king of Hungary, dies   

1520  On April - 06 raphael [Sanzio], artist (Sistine Madonna), dies on his 37th birthday   

1528  On this day in history albrecht Durer, German painter/graphic artist, dies in Germany at 56   

1551  On April - 06 joachim Vadianus, Swiss physician/mayor of Sankt Gallen, dies at 66   

1571  Death of John Hamilton, Scottish prelate and politician on April - 06.   

1590  On this day in history francis Walsingham, English secretary of state, dies at about 57   

1593  On this day in history death of henry Barrow, English puritian/Congressionalist, hanged   

1605  John Stow, British historian, dies on April - 06.   

1655  On April - 06 death of david Blondel, French Protestant clergyman (b. 1591)   

1686  On this day in history death of arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey, English royalist statesman (b. 1614)   

1707  On April - 06 willem Van de Velde, the Young, Dutch seascape painter, dies a 73   

1755  On April - 06 death of richard Rawlinson, English minister and antiquarian (b. 1690)   

1779  Tommaso MFS Traetta, Italian opera composer (Farnace), dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1782  On this day in history rynoldus Popma van Oevering, composer, dies at 90   

1805  Lorenz Justinian Ott, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1817  Bonaventura Furlanetto, composer, dies at 78 on April - 06.   

1822  Franz Xaver Partsch, composer, dies at 62 on April - 06.   

1825  On this day in history death of vladimir Borovikovsky, Russian painter (b. 1757)   

1829  On April - 06 niels H Able, Norwegian mathematician (infinite series), dies at 26   

1833  Death of Adamantios Korais, Greek humanist scholar (b. 1748) on this day in history.   

1838  Jose B de Andrada e Silva, premier of Brazil (1822-23), dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1854  William Strickland, US architect, dies on this day in history.   

1862  Adley Hogan Gladden, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 51 on this day in history.   

1865  John Austin Wharton, US Confederate general-major, dies at 36 on April - 06.   

1883  On this day in history death of benjamin Wright Raymond, American politician (b. 1801)   

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1483  Raphael Sanzio, Italian painter/master builder (Madonna Sistina) was born on April - 06.   

1613  On this day in history birth of stjepan Gradić, Croatian philosopher and scientist (d. 1683)   

1631  On this day in history birth of vincenzo De Grandis, composer   

1632  Maria Leopoldine of Austria, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1649) was born on April - 06.   

1651  André Dacier, French classical scholar (d. 1722) was born on April - 06.   

1660  On April - 06 birth of johann Kuhnau, composer   

1664  On this day in history birth of arvid Horn, Swedish statesman (d. 1742)   

1671  On this day in history birth of jean-Baptiste Rousseau, French playwright/poet (Sacred Odes & Songs)