Famous Deaths In April - 22

0296  On April - 22 death of pope Caius  

0536  On this day in history agapitus I, Italian Pope (535-36), dies  

1253  On this day in history elias van Cortona, Italian general (1232-39), dies at about 53  

1355  Eleonora Plantagenet, daughter of King Edward II, dies at 36 on this day in history.  

1462  On this day in history gilbert of Lannoy, master of Villerval/Tronchiennes/Santes, dies  

1521  Death of Juan de Padilla, Spanish nobleman/communero-rebel, beheaded on April - 22.  

1592  On this day in history bartolommeo Ammanati, Italian sculptor/architect, dies at 80  

1648  Catharina Belgian van Nassau, daughter of Willem, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

1662  John Tradescant, traveller/gardener, dies on this day in history.  

1672  Georg Stiernhielm, Swed scholar/author/poet (Hercules), dies at 73 on this day in history.  

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1699  Hans A baron von Abschatz, Silesian poet, dies at 53 on this day in history.  

1722  Pieter Erberfeld, German/Thais merchant on Java, dies on April - 22.  

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

1776  On April - 22 johann Adolph Scheibe, German music theroist/composer, dies at 67  

1778  On April - 22 james Hargreaves, inventor (spinning jenny), dies  

1782  On April - 22 josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger, composer, dies at 66  

1788  On April - 22 zacharias H Alewijn, Dutch poet, dies 46  

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

1821  On April - 22 john Crome, [Old Crome], English landscape painter/etcher, dies at 52  

1827  Thomas Rowlandson, caricaturist, dies on this day in history.  

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

1833  Richard Trevithick, inventor (steam locomotive), dies at 62 on April - 22.  

1839  Death of Denis Davydov, Russian general and poet (b. 1784) on this day in history.  

1844  Henri-Montan Berton, composer, dies at 76 on April - 22.  

1854  On this day in history 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  On this day in history francis Washburn, US Union colonel/gen major, dies of injuries  

1877  Death of James P. Kirkwood, American civil engineer (b. 1807) on April - 22.  

1883  On this day in history octave Fouque, composer, dies at 38  

1892  Edouard-Victoire-Antoine Lalo, composer, dies at 69 on April - 22.  

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

1896  On this day in history death of thomas Meik, British civil engineer (b. 1812)  

1899  On April - 22 e J (Ned) Gregory, cricketer (one Test for Aust), dies  

1901  William Stubbs, historian/bishop, dies on this day in history.  

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1357  On April - 22 birth of johan I, King of Portugal (1383-1433)  

1451  Isabella I, of Castile, Queen of Spain (1479-1504), patron of Columbus was born on this day in history.  

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

1640  Mariana Alcoforado, Portugal, nun was born on April - 22.  

1658  On this day in history birth of giuseppe Torelli, Italy, composer (Concert Grossi op 8)  

1682  On this day in history birth of willem I Kerricx the Young, Flemish architect/sculptor/painter  

1690  John Carteret, Earl Granville (C), English chief minister (1722-42) was born on this day in history.  

1692  On April - 22 birth of james Stirling, Scottish mathematician (d. 1770)