Famous Deaths In April - 30

1848  Friedrich Freiherr Gagern, German/Dutch army commandant, dies at 53 on April - 30.  

1855  Henry Rowley Bishop, British composer/conductor, dies at 68 on April - 30.  

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

1865  Death of Robert Fitzroy, English admiral and meteorologist (b. 1805) on this day in history.  

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

1883  Death of Édouard Manet, French painter (b. 1832) on April - 30.  

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

1893  On April - 30 edouard Manet, French painter (Olympia), dies at 61  

1895  Gustav Freytag, writer, dies at 78 on April - 30.  

1896  Antonio Cagnoni, composer, dies at 68 on April - 30.  

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1900  On this day in history john Luther (Casey) Jones, dies in Cannonball Express train wreck  

1903  On April - 30 death of emily Stowe, Canadian physician and suffragist (b.1831)  

1912  FrantiÅ¡ek Kmoch, Czech composer, dies at 63 on April - 30.  

1919  On April - 30 henry Wood, England cricket wicket keeper (in 4 Tests 1888-92), dies  

1922  On April - 30 david M Chumaceiro, Curacaos poet, dies  

1931  Sammy Woods, cricketer (3 Tests for Australia, 3 for England), dies on April - 30.  

1933  Death of Luis Sanchez Cerro, Pres of Peru, assassinated by Hurtado de Mendoza on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history beatrice Potter Webb, British writer (My Apprenticeship), dies at 85  

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

1952  Charles Radoux-Rogier, composer, dies on this day in history.  

1956  Alben W Barkley, (VP-D-1949-53), dies at 78 on this day in history.  

1957  On April - 30 ludwig Schiedermair, German musicologist (Beethoven), dies at 80  

1959  Armand Louis Joseph Marsick, composer, dies at 81 on April - 30.  

1963  On April - 30 bryant Washburn, actor (Nabonga, Millionaire Kid), dies at 74  

1965  Helen Chandler, actress (Dracula, Salute, Last Flight), dies at 56 on April - 30.  

1966  Richard Farina, American writer and folk rocker, dies on his birthday in a motorcycle accident on this day in history.  

1970  Hall Johnson, composer, dies at 82 on April - 30.  

1971  Elmo Roper, pollster (Roper Poll), dies at 70 on this day in history.  

1972  Gia Scala, actress (Garment Jungle, I Aim at the Stars), dies at 38 on this day in history.  

1973  On this day in history josie Sedgwick, actress (White Moth), dies of stroke at 75  

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

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1245  On this day in history birth of king Philip III of France (d. 1285)  

1309  Kazimierz III de Great, King of Poland (1333-70) was born on April - 30.  

1553  Louise de Lorraine-Vaudémont, queen of France (d. 1601) was born on this day in history.  

1602  William Lilly, England, astrologer/author/almanac compiler was born on this day in history.  

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

1662  On April - 30 birth of queen Mary II of England (d. 1694)  

1664  On this day in history birth of françois Louis, Prince of Conti, French general (d. 1709)  

1710  On this day in history birth of johann Kaspar Basselet von La Rosée, Bavarian general (d. 1795)