Famous Deaths In April - 22

0296  Death of Pope Caius on this day in history.  

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

1462  Gilbert of Lannoy, master of Villerval/Tronchiennes/Santes, dies on this day in history.  

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

1592  On April - 22 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 April - 22.  

1672  On this day in history georg Stiernhielm, Swed scholar/author/poet (Hercules), dies at 73  

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1699  On April - 22 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  Death of Antoine de Jussieu, French naturalist (b. 1686) on this day in history.  

1776  Johann Adolph Scheibe, German music theroist/composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

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

1806  Death of Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, French admiral (stabbed) (b. 1763) on this day in history.  

1821  John Crome, [Old Crome], English landscape painter/etcher, dies at 52 on April - 22.  

1827  Thomas Rowlandson, caricaturist, dies on April - 22.  

1830  Knud L Rahbek, Danish literary/historian, dies at 69 on April - 22.  

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  Henri-Montan Berton, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.  

1854  Death of Nicolás Bravo, Mexican politician and soldier (b. 1786) on this day in history.  

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 April - 22.  

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

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

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

1893  On April - 22 death of chaim Aronson, inventor and academic (b. 1825)  

1896  Death of Thomas Meik, British civil engineer (b. 1812) on this day in history.  

1899  On this day in history e J (Ned) Gregory, cricketer (one Test for Aust), dies  

1901  On April - 22 william Stubbs, historian/bishop, dies  

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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 April - 22 birth of alexander VIII, [Pietro Ottoboni], Italy, lawyer/Pope (1689-91)  

1640  On April - 22 birth of mariana Alcoforado, Portugal, nun  

1658  Giuseppe Torelli, Italy, composer (Concert Grossi op 8) was born on April - 22.  

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 April - 22.  

1692  On this day in history birth of james Stirling, Scottish mathematician (d. 1770)