Page 2: Historical Events In April - 04

1662  Davis Mell, composer, dies at 57 on April - 04.   

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

1686  On this day in history english king James II publishes Declaration of Indulgence   

1687  English King James II orders his Declaration of Indulgence read in church on April - 04.   

1687  King James II orders his declaration of indulgence read in church on April - 04.   

1701  On April - 04 joseph Haines, entertainer and author   

1714  Karel, duke of Berry/French heir to the throne, dies on April - 04.   

1716  On April - 04 russian & Prussian troops occupy Wismar   

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 April - 04.   

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  On April - 04 niccolo Antonio Zingarelli, composer (Andromeda)   

1755  Vincenc Masek, composer on April - 04.   

1758  On April - 04 john Hoppner, portrait painter   

1762  On this day in history stephen Storace, composer   

1774  On this day in history 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  Mary Mead, wife of English journalist John Wilkes, dies on this day in history.   

1785  On April - 04 bettina Brentano, composer   

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

1792  Thaddeus Stevens, US Radical Republican congressional leader (Rep-R) on this day in history.   

1804  Joseph Fischhof, composer on April - 04.   

1806  On April - 04 friedrich Gottlob Fleischer, composer, dies at 84   

1807  Joseph Jerome Le Francais de Lalande, French astronomer, dies on this day in history.   

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

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

1814  On April - 04 john Blair Smith Todd, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1872   

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

1817  Prince d'Essing, dies on April - 04.   

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

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

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0186  On April - 04 birth of caracalla, Roman emperor (d. 217)   

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  On this day in history birth of william Strachey, English writer (d. 1621)   

1593  On April - 04 birth of edward Nicholas, English statesman (d. 1669)   

1646  Antoine Galland, French archaeologist (d. 1715) was born on April - 04.   

1648  Grinling Gibbons, sculptor/woodcarver was born on this day in history.   

1688  On this day in history 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  On this day in history formosus, Pope (891-96), dies   

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

1284  On April - 04 alfonso X, "El Sabio" King of Castile/Leon (1252-84), dies at 62   

1292  Nicholas IV, [Girolamo Masci], Pope (1288-92), dies on this day in history.   

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

1393  Floris van Wevelinkhoven, bishop of Utrecht, dies on this day in history.