Famous Deaths In April - 02

1118  On this day in history boudouin I, of Bologne/Edessa, 1st crusader/king of Jerusalem, dies   

1272  On April - 02 death of richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1209)   

1335  Death of Duke Henry of Carinthia (b. circa 1265) on this day in history.   

1412  Death of Ruy Gonzáles de Clavijo, Spanish traveler and writer (b. ????) on this day in history.   

1416  Ferdinand I, the Justified, king of Aragon/Sicily, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1502  Arthur, English crown prince/husband of Catharina of Aragon, dies on this day in history.   

1507  On this day in history death of francis of Paola, Italian founder of the Order of the Minims (b. 1416)   

1640  Matthias C Sarbiewski, [Sarbievius], Polish jesuit/poet, dies at 45 on this day in history.   

1657  On this day in history ferdinand III, King of Hungarian/Bohemia/German Emperor, dies at 48   

1705  On this day in history johann Lohner, composer, dies at 59   

1720  Death of Joseph Dudley, colonial Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1647) on this day in history.   

1742  On this day in history death of james Douglas, Scottish physician and anatomist (b. 1675)   

1747  Johann J Dillenius, German botanist, dies at 63 on April - 02.   

1754  Death of Thomas Carte, English historian (b. 1686) on this day in history.   

1758  On April - 02 johann Balthasar Konig, composer, dies at 67   

1784  Pierre Leclair, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1787  Death of Thomas Gage, British general (b. 1719) on this day in history.   

1791  On this day in history death of mirabeau, French statesman (b. 1749)   

1801  On this day in history death of thomas Dadford Junior, British canal engineer (b. circa 1761)   

1803  On this day in history hieronymus van Alphen, Dutch attorney/poet (church hymns), dies at 56   

1817  On April - 02 death of johann Heinrich Jung, German author (b. 1740)   

1827  Death of Ludwig Heinrich Bojanus, German physician and naturalist (b. 1776) on April - 02.   

1831  On April - 02 charles Felix, blind King of Sardina (1821-31), dies at 74   

1845  Death of Philip Charles Durham, Royal Navy Admiral (b. 1763) on this day in history.   

1852  Theodor Althaus, writer, dies on April - 02.   

1865  On this day in history death of ambrose Powell Hill, Confederate general, killed in action at 39   

1872  On this day in history samuel F B Morse developer of electric telegraph, dies at 80   

1876  On this day in history paul van Vlissingen, Dutch ship owner, dies at 78   

1890  Marinus FAG Campbell, bibliographer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1892  On April - 02 willem J d'Ablaing van Giessenburg, Dut baron/genealogist, dies at 79   

1902  On this day in history death of esther Morris, suffragist and first female American judge (b. 1814)   

1910  On April - 02 death of boyd Alexander, English explorer (Niger to the Nile), murdered at 37   

1914  Death of Paul von Heyse, German writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1830) on this day in history.   

1922  On April - 02 death of hermann Rorschach, Swiss psychologist (b. 1884)   

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1348  Andronikos IV Palaiologos, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1385) was born on this day in history.   

1565  On this day in history birth of cornelis de Houtman, Dutch explorer (d. 1599)   

1602  On April - 02 birth of maria de Jesus de Agreda, [Maria Coronel], Spanish franciscan   

1618  Francesco M Grimaldi, mathematician/physicist (light defraction) was born on April - 02.   

1628  Constantin Christian Dedekind, composer was born on April - 02.   

1632  On April - 02 birth of georg Caspar Weckler, composer   

1653  On April - 02 birth of prince George of Denmark, prince consort of Anne of England (d. 1708)   

1711  On this day in history birth of jan Punt, Dutch engraver/illustrator/actor (Gideonschool)