Page 2: Historical Events In April - 04

1662  On this day in history davis Mell, composer, dies at 57   

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

1686  English king James II publishes Declaration of Indulgence on April - 04.   

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

1687  On this day in history king James II orders his declaration of indulgence read in church   

1701  Joseph Haines, entertainer and author on April - 04.   

1714  Karel, duke of Berry/French heir to the throne, dies on this day in history.   

1716  Russian & Prussian troops occupy Wismar on this day in history.   

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

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

1731  On this day in history francisco Morera, composer   

1734  On this day in history johann C van Erckel, old Catholic theologist, dies at about 79   

1737  On this day in history anthony van Heim installed as Dutch pension advisor   

1740  Wolfgang Nicolaus Haueisen, composer on April - 04.   

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  On this day in history stephen Storace, composer   

1774  Oliver Goldsmith, Irish poet (She Stoops to Conquer), dies at 17 on April - 04.   

1776  Continental Navy frigate Columbus captures HM Tender Hawke, first American capture of British armed vessel on April - 04.   

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

1785  Bettina Brentano, composer on April - 04.   

1786  John Franklin, British explorer (Arctic) on this day in history.   

1792  Thaddeus Stevens, US Radical Republican congressional leader (Rep-R) on April - 04.   

1804  Joseph Fischhof, composer on April - 04.   

1806  Friedrich Gottlob Fleischer, composer, dies at 84 on April - 04.   

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 April - 04 napoleon abdicates for the first time.   

1814  John Blair Smith Todd, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1872 on April - 04.   

1817  On April - 04 john Wilson Sprague, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1893   

1817  On this day in history prince d'Essing, dies   

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

1818  On April - 04 congress decided US flag is 13 red and white stripes and 20 stars   

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

1492  Ambrosius Blarer, German reformer (d. 1564) was born on April - 04.   

1527  On April - 04 birth of abraham Ortelius, [Ortels/Hortels], South Neth geographer   

1572  William Strachey, English writer (d. 1621) was born on this day in history.   

1593  On this day in history birth of edward Nicholas, English statesman (d. 1669)   

1646  On April - 04 birth of antoine Galland, French archaeologist (d. 1715)   

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

1688  On April - 04 birth of joseph-Nicolas Delisle, French astronomer (d. 1768)   

0397  Ambrosius, gov of Liguria/bishop of Milan (374-97)/saint, dies on this day in history.   

0636  On this day in history death of saint Isidore of Seville, Church Father and the proposed patron of Internet (b. cira 560)   

0896  Formosus, Pope (891-96), dies on April - 04.   

1229  On this day in history hugo van Pierrepont, bishop of Liege, dies   

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

1292  Nicholas IV, [Girolamo Masci], Pope (1288-92), dies on April - 04.   

1305  Death of Jeanne of Navarre, wife of Philip IV of France (b. circa 1217) on this day in history.   

1393  Floris van Wevelinkhoven, bishop of Utrecht, dies on April - 04.