Famous Deaths In April - 04

0397  Ambrosius, gov of Liguria/bishop of Milan (374-97)/saint, dies on this day in history.   

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  Death of Jeanne of Navarre, wife of Philip IV of France (b. circa 1217) on this day in history.   

1393  On April - 04 floris van Wevelinkhoven, bishop of Utrecht, dies   

1406  Robert III, King of Scotland (1390-1406), dies on this day in history.   

1417  John van Touraine, 1st husband of Jacoba of Bavaria, dies on April - 04.   

1536  Death of Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (b. 1460) on this day in history.   

1585  On April - 04 caspar de Robles, Spanish viceroy of Frisia, dies at about 57   

1588  On this day in history frederik II, King of Denmark/Norway (1559-88), dies at 53   

1604  On April - 04 thomas Churchyard, poet/pamphleteer, dies   

1609  Death of Charles de L'Ecluse, Flemish botanist (b. 1526) on April - 04.   

1617  On April - 04 john Napier, Scottish mathematician/inventor (logarithms), dies   

1643  Simon Episcopius, [Bisschop], Dutch theologist, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1661  Death of Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven, Scottish soldier (b. circa 1580) on April - 04.   

1662  Davis Mell, composer, dies at 57 on April - 04.   

1664  On this day in history adam Willaerts, Dutch seascape painter, dies   

1701  On this day in history death of joseph Haines, entertainer and author   

1714  Karel, duke of Berry/French heir to the throne, dies on this day in history.   

1734  On this day in history johann C van Erckel, old Catholic theologist, dies at about 79   

1743  Death of Daniel Neal, English historian (b. 1678) on April - 04.   

1761  Death of Theodore Gardelle, Swiss painter and enameler (b. 1722) on this day in history.   

1766  On this day in history death of john Taylor, English classical scholar (b. 1704)   

1774  Oliver Goldsmith, Irish poet (She Stoops to Conquer), dies at 17 on April - 04.   

1784  Mary Mead, wife of English journalist John Wilkes, dies on April - 04.   

1792  On this day in history death of james Sykes, American politician (b. 1725)   

1806  Friedrich Gottlob Fleischer, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1807  On April - 04 joseph Jerome Le Francais de Lalande, French astronomer, dies   

1817  Prince d'Essing, dies on April - 04.   

1841  On this day in history death of william Henry Harrison, becomes 1st pres to die in office, at 68   

1844  On this day in history charles Bulfinch, 1st US pro architect (Mass State House), dies at 80   

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0186  Caracalla, Roman emperor (d. 217) was born on April - 04.   

1492  Ambrosius Blarer, German reformer (d. 1564) was born on this day in history.   

1527  On this day in history birth of abraham Ortelius, [Ortels/Hortels], South Neth geographer   

1572  On April - 04 birth of william Strachey, English writer (d. 1621)   

1593  Edward Nicholas, English statesman (d. 1669) was born on April - 04.   

1646  Antoine Galland, French archaeologist (d. 1715) was born on this day in history.   

1648  Grinling Gibbons, sculptor/woodcarver was born on April - 04.   

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