Famous Deaths In April - 04

0397  Ambrosius, gov of Liguria/bishop of Milan (374-97)/saint, dies on April - 04.   

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

0896  On April - 04 formosus, Pope (891-96), dies   

1229  On this day in history 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 this day in history nicholas IV, [Girolamo Masci], Pope (1288-92), dies   

1305  On this day in history death of jeanne of Navarre, wife of Philip IV of France (b. circa 1217)   

1393  Floris van Wevelinkhoven, bishop of Utrecht, dies on April - 04.   

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

1417  On this day in history john van Touraine, 1st husband of Jacoba of Bavaria, dies   

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

1585  Caspar de Robles, Spanish viceroy of Frisia, dies at about 57 on this day in history.   

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

1604  Thomas Churchyard, poet/pamphleteer, dies on April - 04.   

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

1617  John Napier, Scottish mathematician/inventor (logarithms), dies on this day in history.   

1643  On this day in history simon Episcopius, [Bisschop], Dutch theologist, dies at 60   

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

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

1664  On April - 04 adam Willaerts, Dutch seascape painter, dies   

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

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 this day in history.   

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 April - 04.   

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

1806  On this day in history friedrich Gottlob Fleischer, composer, dies at 84   

1807  Joseph Jerome Le Francais de Lalande, French astronomer, dies on this day in history.   

1817  Prince d'Essing, dies on this day in history.   

1841  On April - 04 death of william Henry Harrison, becomes 1st pres to die in office, at 68   

1844  On April - 04 charles Bulfinch, 1st US pro architect (Mass State House), dies at 80   

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0186  On this day in history birth of caracalla, Roman emperor (d. 217)   

1492  On April - 04 birth of ambrosius Blarer, German reformer (d. 1564)   

1527  Abraham Ortelius, [Ortels/Hortels], South Neth geographer was born on April - 04.   

1572  William Strachey, English writer (d. 1621) was born on this day in history.   

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

1646  Antoine Galland, French archaeologist (d. 1715) was born on April - 04.   

1648  Grinling Gibbons, sculptor/woodcarver was born on this day in history.   

1688  On April - 04 birth of joseph-Nicolas Delisle, French astronomer (d. 1768)