Page 2: Historical Events In April - 04

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

1664  On April - 04 adam Willaerts, Dutch seascape painter, dies   

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

1687  On April - 04 english King James II orders his Declaration of Indulgence read in church   

1687  On this day in history 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  On April - 04 russian & Prussian troops occupy Wismar   

1716  On this day in history john Evangelist Schreiber, composer   

1721  Sir Robert Walpole enters office as the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom under King George I on April - 04.   

1731  Francisco Morera, composer on April - 04.   

1734  Johann C van Erckel, old Catholic theologist, dies at about 79 on April - 04.   

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

1740  Wolfgang Nicolaus Haueisen, composer on this day in history.   

1752  On this day in history niccolo Antonio Zingarelli, composer (Andromeda)   

1755  On April - 04 vincenc Masek, composer   

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  On this day in history continental Navy frigate Columbus captures HM Tender Hawke, first American capture of British armed vessel   

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

1785  On April - 04 bettina Brentano, composer   

1786  On April - 04 john Franklin, British explorer (Arctic)   

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

1804  Joseph Fischhof, composer on April - 04.   

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

1807  On April - 04 joseph Jerome Le Francais de Lalande, French astronomer, dies   

1809  On April - 04 benjamin Pierce, US mathematician/astronomer   

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 April - 04.   

1817  On this day in history john Wilson Sprague, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1893   

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

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0186  On this day in history birth of caracalla, Roman emperor (d. 217)   

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

1527  On this day in history birth of abraham Ortelius, [Ortels/Hortels], South Neth geographer   

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

1688  On April - 04 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  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 this day in history.   

1229  Hugo van Pierrepont, bishop of Liege, dies on April - 04.   

1284  On April - 04 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  Death of Jeanne of Navarre, wife of Philip IV of France (b. circa 1217) on this day in history.   

1393  On this day in history floris van Wevelinkhoven, bishop of Utrecht, dies