Famous Deaths In April - 22

0296  On April - 22 death of pope Caius  

0536  Agapitus I, Italian Pope (535-36), dies on April - 22.  

1253  On April - 22 elias van Cortona, Italian general (1232-39), dies at about 53  

1355  On this day in history eleonora Plantagenet, daughter of King Edward II, dies at 36  

1462  On April - 22 gilbert of Lannoy, master of Villerval/Tronchiennes/Santes, dies  

1521  Death of Juan de Padilla, Spanish nobleman/communero-rebel, beheaded on this day in history.  

1592  Bartolommeo Ammanati, Italian sculptor/architect, dies at 80 on April - 22.  

1648  On April - 22 catharina Belgian van Nassau, daughter of Willem, dies at 69  

1662  On this day in history john Tradescant, traveller/gardener, dies  

1672  Georg Stiernhielm, Swed scholar/author/poet (Hercules), dies at 73 on April - 22.  

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1699  On this day in history hans A baron von Abschatz, Silesian poet, dies at 53  

1722  On this day in history pieter Erberfeld, German/Thais merchant on Java, dies  

1758  On this day in history death of antoine de Jussieu, French naturalist (b. 1686)  

1776  Johann Adolph Scheibe, German music theroist/composer, dies at 67 on April - 22.  

1778  On this day in history james Hargreaves, inventor (spinning jenny), dies  

1782  Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger, composer, dies at 66 on April - 22.  

1788  On this day in history zacharias H Alewijn, Dutch poet, dies 46  

1806  On this day in history death of pierre-Charles Villeneuve, French admiral (stabbed) (b. 1763)  

1821  John Crome, [Old Crome], English landscape painter/etcher, dies at 52 on this day in history.  

1827  On this day in history thomas Rowlandson, caricaturist, dies  

1830  Knud L Rahbek, Danish literary/historian, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

1833  On April - 22 richard Trevithick, inventor (steam locomotive), dies at 62  

1839  Death of Denis Davydov, Russian general and poet (b. 1784) on April - 22.  

1844  On this day in history henri-Montan Berton, composer, dies at 76  

1854  On April - 22 death of nicolás Bravo, Mexican politician and soldier (b. 1786)  

1864  On this day in history joseph Gilbert Totten, US Union general-major, dies at 76  

1865  Francis Washburn, US Union colonel/gen major, dies of injuries on this day in history.  

1877  On April - 22 death of james P. Kirkwood, American civil engineer (b. 1807)  

1883  On April - 22 octave Fouque, composer, dies at 38  

1892  On April - 22 edouard-Victoire-Antoine Lalo, composer, dies at 69  

1893  On this day in history death of chaim Aronson, inventor and academic (b. 1825)  

1896  Death of Thomas Meik, British civil engineer (b. 1812) on April - 22.  

1899  E J (Ned) Gregory, cricketer (one Test for Aust), dies on this day in history.  

1901  William Stubbs, historian/bishop, dies on April - 22.  

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1357  Johan I, King of Portugal (1383-1433) was born on this day in history.  

1451  On April - 22 birth of isabella I, of Castile, Queen of Spain (1479-1504), patron of Columbus  

1610  On this day in history birth of alexander VIII, [Pietro Ottoboni], Italy, lawyer/Pope (1689-91)  

1640  On this day in history birth of mariana Alcoforado, Portugal, nun  

1658  On April - 22 birth of giuseppe Torelli, Italy, composer (Concert Grossi op 8)  

1682  Willem I Kerricx the Young, Flemish architect/sculptor/painter was born on this day in history.  

1690  On April - 22 birth of john Carteret, Earl Granville (C), English chief minister (1722-42)  

1692  James Stirling, Scottish mathematician (d. 1770) was born on this day in history.