Famous Deaths In April - 01

1085  On this day in history death of emperor Shenzong of China (b. 1048)   

1132  On April - 01 death of st-Hugues, Bishop of Grenoble (b. 1053)   

1204  On April - 01 eleanor of Aquitaine, wife of Louis VII & Henry II, dies at 81   

1205  On this day in history amalrik II, King of Cyprus/Jerusalem, dies   

1528  On April - 01 death of francisco de Peñalosa, Spanish composer   

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

1580  Death of Alonso Mudarra, Spanish composer on this day in history.   

1611  Death of Gillis van Valkenborch, Flemish painter, buried at about 72 on April - 01.   

1621  On this day in history death of cristofano Allori, Italian painter (b. 1577)   

1637  Death of Niwa Nagashige, Japanese warlord (b. 1571) on April - 01.   

1682  On April - 01 death of franz Egon of Fürstenberg, Bavarian Catholic archbishop (b. 1625)   

1734  On this day in history louis Lully, composer, dies at 69   

1787  On this day in history death of floyer Sydenham, English classical scholar (b. 1710)   

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

1799  Narciso Casanovas, composer, dies at 52 on April - 01.   

1807  On this day in history louis Francois Chambray, composer, dies at 69   

1814  On this day in history jozef de Ferraris, French/Austrian general/cartographer, dies at 87   

1830  Carl Borromaus Neuner, composer, dies at 51 on April - 01.   

1832  On this day in history robert the Hermit, US ex-slave/hermit in Massachusetts, dies   

1839  On this day in history death of benjamin Pierce, American politician (b. 1757)   

1865  On this day in history death of giuditta Pasta, Italian soprano (b. 1797)   

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  On April - 01 patrick Gass, sgt of Lewis & Clark Expedition, dies at 98   

1872  Death of Frederick Maurice, English theologian (b. 1805) on April - 01.   

1878  On April - 01 eugene Gautier, composer, dies at 56   

1890  On April - 01 death of david Wilber, American politician (b. 1820)   

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

1910  On this day in history andreas Aschenbach, German painter/engraver, dies at 94   

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

1915  On April - 01 johann Joseph Abert, composer, dies at 82   

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 April - 01 karl Fritjof Valentin, composer, dies at 64   

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1220  Emperor Go-Saga of Japan (d. 1272) was born on April - 01.   

1283  On this day in history birth of ludwig IV of Baveria, Roman Catholic Bavarian emperor (1314-47)   

1543  On this day in history birth of françois de Bonne, duc de Lesdiguières, Constable of France (d. 1626)   

1578  William Harvey, England, physician (discovered blood circulation) was born on this day in history.   

1582  On this day in history birth of gaspar de Crayer, Flemish painter   

1582  On April - 01 birth of thomas Simpson, composer   

1610  Charles de Saint-Évremond, French soldier (d. 1703) was born on April - 01.   

1640  On this day in history birth of georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (d. 1697)