Famous Deaths In April - 30

1848  Friedrich Freiherr Gagern, German/Dutch army commandant, dies at 53 on this day in history.  

1855  On this day in history henry Rowley Bishop, British composer/conductor, dies at 68  

1859  On April - 30 sergei T Aksakov, Russian writer (Bagrova-vnuka), dies at 67  

1865  On April - 30 death of robert Fitzroy, English admiral and meteorologist (b. 1805)  

1875  Death of Jean Frederic Waldeck, French explorer, lithographer, and cartographer (b. 1766) on April - 30.  

1883  On this day in history death of Édouard Manet, French painter (b. 1832)  

1887  On April - 30 friedrich Wilhelm Markull, composer, dies at 71  

1893  Edouard Manet, French painter (Olympia), dies at 61 on this day in history.  

1895  On April - 30 gustav Freytag, writer, dies at 78  

1896  On April - 30 antonio Cagnoni, composer, dies at 68  

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1900  John Luther (Casey) Jones, dies in Cannonball Express train wreck on April - 30.  

1903  Death of Emily Stowe, Canadian physician and suffragist (b.1831) on this day in history.  

1912  On April - 30 frantiÅ¡ek Kmoch, Czech composer, dies at 63  

1919  On this day in history henry Wood, England cricket wicket keeper (in 4 Tests 1888-92), dies  

1922  On this day in history david M Chumaceiro, Curacaos poet, dies  

1931  Sammy Woods, cricketer (3 Tests for Australia, 3 for England), dies on this day in history.  

1933  On this day in history death of luis Sanchez Cerro, Pres of Peru, assassinated by Hurtado de Mendoza  

1934  William Henry Welch, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

1936  On April - 30 death of alfred Edward Housman, English poet (b. 1859)  

1942  On April - 30 catherine Murphy Urner, composer, dies at 51  

1943  Beatrice Potter Webb, British writer (My Apprenticeship), dies at 85 on April - 30.  

1945  Death of Adolph Hitler, German dictator (1936-45), commits suicide at 56 on April - 30.  

1952  On this day in history charles Radoux-Rogier, composer, dies  

1956  Alben W Barkley, (VP-D-1949-53), dies at 78 on April - 30.  

1957  On this day in history ludwig Schiedermair, German musicologist (Beethoven), dies at 80  

1959  Armand Louis Joseph Marsick, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.  

1963  Bryant Washburn, actor (Nabonga, Millionaire Kid), dies at 74 on April - 30.  

1965  Helen Chandler, actress (Dracula, Salute, Last Flight), dies at 56 on this day in history.  

1966  Richard Farina, American writer and folk rocker, dies on his birthday in a motorcycle accident on April - 30.  

1970  On this day in history hall Johnson, composer, dies at 82  

1971  On this day in history elmo Roper, pollster (Roper Poll), dies at 70  

1972  On this day in history gia Scala, actress (Garment Jungle, I Aim at the Stars), dies at 38  

1973  Josie Sedgwick, actress (White Moth), dies of stroke at 75 on this day in history.  

1974  Agnes Moorehead, actress (Endorra-Bewitched), dies at 67 on April - 30.  

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1245  On April - 30 birth of king Philip III of France (d. 1285)  

1309  On this day in history birth of kazimierz III de Great, King of Poland (1333-70)  

1553  On April - 30 birth of louise de Lorraine-Vaudémont, queen of France (d. 1601)  

1602  William Lilly, England, astrologer/author/almanac compiler was born on April - 30.  

1651  On April - 30 birth of jean-Baptiste de la Salle, French priest/theorist/saint  

1662  On this day in history birth of queen Mary II of England (d. 1694)  

1664  On April - 30 birth of françois Louis, Prince of Conti, French general (d. 1709)  

1710  Johann Kaspar Basselet von La Rosée, Bavarian general (d. 1795) was born on this day in history.