Famous Deaths In April - 04

0397  On this day in history ambrosius, gov of Liguria/bishop of Milan (374-97)/saint, dies   

0636  Death of Saint Isidore of Seville, Church Father and the proposed patron of Internet (b. cira 560) on April - 04.   

0896  On this day in history formosus, Pope (891-96), dies   

1229  Hugo van Pierrepont, bishop of Liege, dies on this day in history.   

1284  Alfonso X, "El Sabio" King of Castile/Leon (1252-84), dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1292  Nicholas IV, [Girolamo Masci], Pope (1288-92), dies on April - 04.   

1305  Death of Jeanne of Navarre, wife of Philip IV of France (b. circa 1217) on April - 04.   

1393  On this day in history floris van Wevelinkhoven, bishop of Utrecht, dies   

1406  On April - 04 robert III, King of Scotland (1390-1406), dies   

1417  John van Touraine, 1st husband of Jacoba of Bavaria, dies on this day in history.   

1536  On this day in history death of frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (b. 1460)   

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

1588  Frederik II, King of Denmark/Norway (1559-88), dies at 53 on April - 04.   

1604  Thomas Churchyard, poet/pamphleteer, dies on this day in history.   

1609  Death of Charles de L'Ecluse, Flemish botanist (b. 1526) on this day in history.   

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

1643  Simon Episcopius, [Bisschop], Dutch theologist, dies at 60 on April - 04.   

1661  Death of Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven, Scottish soldier (b. circa 1580) on this day in history.   

1662  On this day in history davis Mell, composer, dies at 57   

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

1701  Death of Joseph Haines, entertainer and author on this day in history.   

1714  On April - 04 karel, duke of Berry/French heir to the throne, dies   

1734  Johann C van Erckel, old Catholic theologist, dies at about 79 on April - 04.   

1743  On this day in history death of daniel Neal, English historian (b. 1678)   

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 this day in history.   

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

1792  Death of James Sykes, American politician (b. 1725) on April - 04.   

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

1807  Joseph Jerome Le Francais de Lalande, French astronomer, dies on April - 04.   

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  Charles Bulfinch, 1st US pro architect (Mass State House), dies at 80 on April - 04.   

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Next Page »

0186  Caracalla, Roman emperor (d. 217) was born on this day in history.   

1492  Ambrosius Blarer, German reformer (d. 1564) was born on April - 04.   

1527  On April - 04 birth of abraham Ortelius, [Ortels/Hortels], South Neth geographer   

1572  William Strachey, English writer (d. 1621) was born on April - 04.   

1593  On this day in history birth of edward Nicholas, English statesman (d. 1669)   

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  On this day in history birth of joseph-Nicolas Delisle, French astronomer (d. 1768)