Famous Deaths In April - 06

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

0912  On April - 06 nottker "the Stamelaar", benedictine monk/poet, dies at about 71  

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

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

1252  On April - 06 peter of Verona, [Peter Martyr], Italian inquisitor/st, dies at 45  

1348  Petrarch's Laura, dies of plague on April - 06.  

1362  On this day in history death of jacques de Bourbon, count of Marche, killed in battle  

1472  Pieter Bladelin, Belgium, land owner (Middelburg castle), dies on April - 06.  

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

1490  Matthias Corvinus, king of Hungary, dies on April - 06.  

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

1528  Albrecht Durer, German painter/graphic artist, dies in Germany at 56 on this day in history.  

1551  Joachim Vadianus, Swiss physician/mayor of Sankt Gallen, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

1571  On April - 06 death of john Hamilton, Scottish prelate and politician  

1590  On April - 06 francis Walsingham, English secretary of state, dies at about 57  

1593  Death of Henry Barrow, English puritian/Congressionalist, hanged on April - 06.  

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

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

1686  Death of Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey, English royalist statesman (b. 1614) on this day in history.  

1707  On this day in history willem Van de Velde, the Young, Dutch seascape painter, dies a 73  

1755  Death of Richard Rawlinson, English minister and antiquarian (b. 1690) on April - 06.  

1779  On April - 06 tommaso MFS Traetta, Italian opera composer (Farnace), dies at 52  

1782  On April - 06 rynoldus Popma van Oevering, composer, dies at 90  

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

1817  On April - 06 bonaventura Furlanetto, composer, dies at 78  

1822  On this day in history franz Xaver Partsch, composer, dies at 62  

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

1829  Niels H Able, Norwegian mathematician (infinite series), dies at 26 on April - 06.  

1833  On this day in history death of adamantios Korais, Greek humanist scholar (b. 1748)  

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 April - 06.  

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

1865  On April - 06 john Austin Wharton, US Confederate general-major, dies at 36  

1883  Death of Benjamin Wright Raymond, American politician (b. 1801) on this day in history.  

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1483  On April - 06 birth of raphael Sanzio, Italian painter/master builder (Madonna Sistina)  

1613  Stjepan Gradić, Croatian philosopher and scientist (d. 1683) was born on this day in history.  

1631  On April - 06 birth of vincenzo De Grandis, composer  

1632  On this day in history birth of maria Leopoldine of Austria, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1649)  

1651  On this day in history birth of andré Dacier, French classical scholar (d. 1722)  

1660  Johann Kuhnau, composer was born on April - 06.  

1664  On April - 06 birth of arvid Horn, Swedish statesman (d. 1742)  

1671  On April - 06 birth of jean-Baptiste Rousseau, French playwright/poet (Sacred Odes & Songs)