Page 2: Historical Events In April - 04

1662  Davis Mell, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1664  On this day in history adam Willaerts, Dutch seascape painter, dies   

1686  On April - 04 english king James II publishes Declaration of Indulgence   

1687  English King James II orders his Declaration of Indulgence read in church on this day in history.   

1687  On April - 04 king James II orders his declaration of indulgence read in church   

1701  Joseph Haines, entertainer and author on this day in history.   

1714  On April - 04 karel, duke of Berry/French heir to the throne, dies   

1716  Russian & Prussian troops occupy Wismar on April - 04.   

1716  John Evangelist Schreiber, composer on this day in history.   

1721  Sir Robert Walpole enters office as the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom under King George I on this day in history.   

1731  On this day in history francisco Morera, composer   

1734  Johann C van Erckel, old Catholic theologist, dies at about 79 on this day in history.   

1737  On April - 04 anthony van Heim installed as Dutch pension advisor   

1740  On this day in history wolfgang Nicolaus Haueisen, composer   

1752  Niccolo Antonio Zingarelli, composer (Andromeda) on April - 04.   

1755  Vincenc Masek, composer on this day in history.   

1758  John Hoppner, portrait painter on this day in history.   

1762  Stephen Storace, composer on this day in history.   

1774  On April - 04 oliver Goldsmith, Irish poet (She Stoops to Conquer), dies at 17   

1776  Continental Navy frigate Columbus captures HM Tender Hawke, first American capture of British armed vessel on this day in history.   

1784  On this day in history mary Mead, wife of English journalist John Wilkes, dies   

1785  Bettina Brentano, composer on this day in history.   

1786  John Franklin, British explorer (Arctic) on April - 04.   

1792  On this day in history thaddeus Stevens, US Radical Republican congressional leader (Rep-R)   

1804  Joseph Fischhof, composer on April - 04.   

1806  On this day in history friedrich Gottlob Fleischer, composer, dies at 84   

1807  Joseph Jerome Le Francais de Lalande, French astronomer, dies on April - 04.   

1809  Benjamin Pierce, US mathematician/astronomer on this day in history.   

1814  On this day in history napoleon abdicates for the first time.   

1814  John Blair Smith Todd, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1872 on this day in history.   

1817  John Wilson Sprague, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1893 on this day in history.   

1817  On April - 04 prince d'Essing, dies   

1818  On this day in history congress decided US flag is 13 red & white stripes & 20 stars   

1818  Congress decided US flag is 13 red and white stripes and 20 stars on April - 04.   

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0186  Caracalla, Roman emperor (d. 217) was born on April - 04.   

1492  On this day in history birth of ambrosius Blarer, German reformer (d. 1564)   

1527  Abraham Ortelius, [Ortels/Hortels], South Neth geographer was born on this day in history.   

1572  William Strachey, English writer (d. 1621) was born on April - 04.   

1593  Edward Nicholas, English statesman (d. 1669) was born on this day in history.   

1646  Antoine Galland, French archaeologist (d. 1715) was born on this day in history.   

1648  On this day in history birth of grinling Gibbons, sculptor/woodcarver   

1688  On this day in history birth of joseph-Nicolas Delisle, French astronomer (d. 1768)   

0397  On April - 04 ambrosius, gov of Liguria/bishop of Milan (374-97)/saint, dies   

0636  Death of Saint Isidore of Seville, Church Father and the proposed patron of Internet (b. cira 560) on April - 04.   

0896  Formosus, Pope (891-96), dies on this day in history.   

1229  On April - 04 hugo van Pierrepont, bishop of Liege, dies   

1284  On this day in history alfonso X, "El Sabio" King of Castile/Leon (1252-84), dies at 62   

1292  On April - 04 nicholas IV, [Girolamo Masci], Pope (1288-92), dies   

1305  On this day in history death of jeanne of Navarre, wife of Philip IV of France (b. circa 1217)   

1393  On April - 04 floris van Wevelinkhoven, bishop of Utrecht, dies