Famous Deaths In April - 06

0885  Methodius, Greek apostle of the slaves/archbishop of Sirmium, dies on this day in history.  

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

1147  On this day in history 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  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  Matthias Corvinus, king of Hungary, dies on this day in history.  

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

1590  Francis Walsingham, English secretary of state, dies at about 57 on this day in history.  

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

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

1655  Death of David Blondel, French Protestant clergyman (b. 1591) on April - 06.  

1686  Death of Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey, English royalist statesman (b. 1614) on April - 06.  

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

1755  On this day in history death of richard Rawlinson, English minister and antiquarian (b. 1690)  

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  On April - 06 lorenz Justinian Ott, composer, dies at 56  

1817  On this day in history bonaventura Furlanetto, composer, dies at 78  

1822  On April - 06 franz Xaver Partsch, composer, dies at 62  

1825  Death of Vladimir Borovikovsky, Russian painter (b. 1757) on this day in history.  

1829  On this day in history niels H Able, Norwegian mathematician (infinite series), dies at 26  

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

1838  On April - 06 jose B de Andrada e Silva, premier of Brazil (1822-23), dies at 74  

1854  William Strickland, US architect, dies on April - 06.  

1862  On April - 06 adley Hogan Gladden, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 51  

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 this day in history.  

1651  On April - 06 birth of andré Dacier, French classical scholar (d. 1722)  

1660  On April - 06 birth of johann Kuhnau, composer  

1664  On April - 06 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)