Historical Events In April - 04

1662  On April - 04 davis Mell, composer, dies at 57  

1664  Adam Willaerts, Dutch seascape painter, dies on this day in history.  

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

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 April - 04.  

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

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 April - 04.  

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1731  On this day in history francisco Morera, composer  

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

1737  Anthony van Heim installed as Dutch pension advisor on April - 04.  

1740  Wolfgang Nicolaus Haueisen, composer on April - 04.  

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

1755  Vincenc Masek, composer on April - 04.  

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

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

1784  On April - 04 mary Mead, wife of English journalist John Wilkes, dies  

1785  On this day in history 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  On this day in history joseph Fischhof, composer  

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

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

1809  On this day in history benjamin Pierce, US mathematician/astronomer  

1814  Napoleon abdicates for the first time on April - 04.  

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

1817  John Wilson Sprague, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1893 on April - 04.  

1817  Prince d'Essing, dies on this day in history.  

1818  Congress decided US flag is 13 red & white stripes & 20 stars on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1492  On April - 04 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  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 April - 04 birth of grinling Gibbons, sculptor/woodcarver  

1688  Joseph-Nicolas Delisle, French astronomer (d. 1768) was born on April - 04.  

0397  Ambrosius, gov of Liguria/bishop of Milan (374-97)/saint, dies on April - 04.  

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

1305  On April - 04 death of jeanne of Navarre, wife of Philip IV of France (b. circa 1217)  

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