Famous Deaths In April - 01

1085  On April - 01 death of emperor Shenzong of China (b. 1048)   

1132  On this day in history death of st-Hugues, Bishop of Grenoble (b. 1053)   

1204  On this day in history eleanor of Aquitaine, wife of Louis VII & Henry II, dies at 81   

1205  On April - 01 amalrik II, King of Cyprus/Jerusalem, dies   

1528  Death of Francisco de Peñalosa, Spanish composer on April - 01.   

1548  Sigismund I, the Elder, King of Poland, dies at 81 on April - 01.   

1580  On April - 01 death of alonso Mudarra, Spanish composer   

1611  Death of Gillis van Valkenborch, Flemish painter, buried at about 72 on this day in history.   

1621  Death of Cristofano Allori, Italian painter (b. 1577) on this day in history.   

1637  Death of Niwa Nagashige, Japanese warlord (b. 1571) on this day in history.   

1682  Death of Franz Egon of Fürstenberg, Bavarian Catholic archbishop (b. 1625) on April - 01.   

1734  Louis Lully, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1787  Death of Floyer Sydenham, English classical scholar (b. 1710) on April - 01.   

1791  On this day in history death of richard Butler American soldier (b. 1743)   

1799  Narciso Casanovas, composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1807  Louis Francois Chambray, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1814  Jozef de Ferraris, French/Austrian general/cartographer, dies at 87 on April - 01.   

1830  On this day in history carl Borromaus Neuner, composer, dies at 51   

1832  Robert the Hermit, US ex-slave/hermit in Massachusetts, dies on April - 01.   

1839  Death of Benjamin Pierce, American politician (b. 1757) on this day in history.   

1865  Death of Giuditta Pasta, Italian soprano (b. 1797) on this day in history.   

1866  On this day in history aime Ambroise Simon Leborne, composer, dies at 98   

1869  On April - 01 anthony G O Ridder van Rappard, Min of Reformed Worship, dies at 69   

1870  Patrick Gass, sgt of Lewis & Clark Expedition, dies at 98 on April - 01.   

1872  Death of Frederick Maurice, English theologian (b. 1805) on this day in history.   

1878  On this day in history eugene Gautier, composer, dies at 56   

1890  Death of David Wilber, American politician (b. 1820) on this day in history.   

1901  On April - 01 francois M Raoult, Fren physicist/chemist (Law of Raoult), dies at 70   

1910  Andreas Aschenbach, German painter/engraver, dies at 94 on this day in history.   

1914  Rube Waddell, baseballer, dies at 37 of TB on this day in history.   

1915  Johann Joseph Abert, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1916  Death of Gabrielle Petit, Belgian resistance fighter, executed on this day in history.   

1917  Scott Joplin, ragtime composer (Sting), dies at 48 on this day in history.   

1918  On this day in history karl Fritjof Valentin, composer, dies at 64   

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1220  Emperor Go-Saga of Japan (d. 1272) was born on this day in history.   

1283  On April - 01 birth of ludwig IV of Baveria, Roman Catholic Bavarian emperor (1314-47)   

1543  François de Bonne, duc de Lesdiguières, Constable of France (d. 1626) was born on this day in history.   

1578  On this day in history birth of william Harvey, England, physician (discovered blood circulation)   

1582  Gaspar de Crayer, Flemish painter was born on this day in history.   

1582  On April - 01 birth of thomas Simpson, composer   

1610  On April - 01 birth of charles de Saint-Évremond, French soldier (d. 1703)   

1640  Georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (d. 1697) was born on this day in history.