Famous Deaths In April - 22

0296  Death of Pope Caius on April - 22.  

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

1253  Elias van Cortona, Italian general (1232-39), dies at about 53 on this day in history.  

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

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

1521  On this day in history death of juan de Padilla, Spanish nobleman/communero-rebel, beheaded  

1592  Bartolommeo Ammanati, Italian sculptor/architect, dies at 80 on this day in history.  

1648  On this day in history 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  Hans A baron von Abschatz, Silesian poet, dies at 53 on April - 22.  

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

1758  Death of Antoine de Jussieu, French naturalist (b. 1686) on this day in history.  

1776  On this day in history johann Adolph Scheibe, German music theroist/composer, dies at 67  

1778  James Hargreaves, inventor (spinning jenny), dies on April - 22.  

1782  On this day in history josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger, composer, dies at 66  

1788  Zacharias H Alewijn, Dutch poet, dies 46 on this day in history.  

1806  On April - 22 death of pierre-Charles Villeneuve, French admiral (stabbed) (b. 1763)  

1821  On this day in history john Crome, [Old Crome], English landscape painter/etcher, dies at 52  

1827  On April - 22 thomas Rowlandson, caricaturist, dies  

1830  On April - 22 knud L Rahbek, Danish literary/historian, dies at 69  

1833  On this day in history richard Trevithick, inventor (steam locomotive), dies at 62  

1839  On this day in history death of denis Davydov, Russian general and poet (b. 1784)  

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  Joseph Gilbert Totten, US Union general-major, dies at 76 on April - 22.  

1865  Francis Washburn, US Union colonel/gen major, dies of injuries on April - 22.  

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  Edouard-Victoire-Antoine Lalo, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

1893  Death of Chaim Aronson, inventor and academic (b. 1825) on this day in history.  

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 April - 22.  

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1357  Johan I, King of Portugal (1383-1433) was born on April - 22.  

1451  On this day in history 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  Mariana Alcoforado, Portugal, nun was born on this day in history.  

1658  Giuseppe Torelli, Italy, composer (Concert Grossi op 8) was born on this day in history.  

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

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 April - 22.