Page 2: Historical Events In April - 04

1662  Davis Mell, composer, dies at 57.   

1664  Adam Willaerts, Dutch seascape painter, dies   

1686  In this year, English king James II publishes Declaration of Indulgence.   

1687  English King James II orders his Declaration of Indulgence read in church   

1687  King James II orders his declaration of indulgence read in church   

1701  Joseph Haines, entertainer and author   

1714  Karel, duke of Berry/French heir to the throne, dies.   

1716  Russian and Prussian troops occupy Wismar.   

1716  John Evangelist Schreiber, composer   

1721  Sir Robert Walpole enters office as the inaugural Prime Minister of the United Kingdom under King George I.   

1731  Francisco Morera, composer.   

1734  Johann C van Erckel, old Catholic theologist, dies at about 79   

1737  Anthony van Heim installed as Dutch pension advisor.   

1740  Wolfgang Nicolaus Haueisen, composer.   

1752  Niccolo Antonio Zingarelli, composer (Andromeda)   

1755  Vincenc Masek, composer   

1758  John Hoppner, portrait painter   

1762  Stephen Storace, composer   

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

1776  Continental Navy frigate Columbus captures HM Tender Hawke, inaugural American capture of British armed vessel   

1784  Mary Mead, wife of English journalist John Wilkes, dies   

1785  Bettina Brentano, composer.   

1786  John Franklin, British explorer (Arctic)   

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

1804  Joseph Fischhof, composer.   

1806  Friedrich Gottlob Fleischer, composer, dies at 84.   

1807  Joseph Jerome Le Francais de Lalande, French astronomer, dies   

1809  Benjamin Pierce, US mathematician/astronomer.   

1814  Napoleon abdicates for the inaugural time.   

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

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

1817  Prince d'Essing, dies.   

1818  Congress decided US flag is 13 red and white stripes and 20 stars   

1820  Charles Devens Jr, Major General, Bvt (Union volunteers), died in 1891.   

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0186  Caracalla: Roman emperor   

1492  Ambrosius blarer: German reformer   

1527  Abraham ortelius: [ortels/hortels], south neth geographer   

1572  William strachey: English writer   

1593  Edward nicholas: English statesman   

1646  Antoine galland: French archaeologist   

1648  Grinling gibbons: Sculptor/woodcarver   

1688  Joseph-nicolas delisle: French astronomer   

0397  Death of Ambrosius: Gov of liguria/bishop of milan (374-97)/saint,   

0636  Death of Saint isidore of seville: Church father and the proposed patron of internet (b. cira 560)   

0896  Formosus: Pope (891-96),   

1229  Death of Hugo van pierrepont: Bishop of liege,   

1284  Alfonso x: "el sabio" king of castile/leon (1252-84),   

1292  Death of Nicholas iv: [girolamo masci], pope (1288-92),   

1305  Death of Jeanne of navarre: Wife of philip iv of france (b. circa 1217)   

1393  Death of Floris van wevelinkhoven: Bishop of utrecht,