Famous Deaths In April - 05

0582  Death of Eutychius, Patriarch of Constantinople (c. 512) on this day in history.   

0828  On April - 05 nicephorus, patriarch of Constantinopel (806-15), dies at about 77   

1168  Death of Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester (b. 1104) on this day in history.   

1258  On April - 05 julian of Cornillon/Liege, Flemish visionary/saint, dies   

1270  On this day in history ramban Nachmanides, Talmudic scholar (Hiddushei Ha-Ramden), dies   

1419  Death of Vincent Ferrer, Spanish missionary and saint (b. 1350) on this day in history.   

1531  On April - 05 death of richard Roose, boiled to death for trying to poison an archbishop   

1605  On this day in history death of adam Loftus, English Protestant archbishop in Ireland (c.1513)   

1617  On April - 05 death of alonso Lobo, Spanish composer (b. 1555)   

1649  On April - 05 john Winthrop, 1st governor Mass Bay Colony, dies at 61   

1673  On April - 05 death of francois Caron, admiral/governor (Formosa), drowns at about 72   

1676  Death of John Winthrop, the Younger, American politician (b. 1606) on April - 05.   

1684  On April - 05 william Brouncker, 2nd viscount/1st pres of Royal Society, dies   

1693  On April - 05 anne M L of Orleans, duchess (Grande Mademoiselle), dies at 65   

1695  On April - 05 george Savile, 1st marquis of Halifax, dies at 61   

1697  On April - 05 charles XI, King of Sweden (1660-97), dies at 41   

1712  John Luyken, poet/etcher (species company), dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1717  Death of Jean Jouvenet, French painter (b. 1647) on April - 05.   

1723  On this day in history j Fischer von Erlach, Austrian architect (Hofburg, Vienna), dies at 66   

1732  Johann Christian Schieferdecker, composer, dies at 52 on April - 05.   

1735  Death of William Derham, English minister and writer (b. 1657) on this day in history.   

1765  Edward Young, English poet (Love of Fame), dies at 81 on April - 05.   

1794  On this day in history death of georges-Jacques Danton, French revolutionary leader, guillotined at 34   

1811  On April - 05 robert Raikes, founder of Sunday Schools, dies   

1820  On this day in history henrik C Cras, lawyer (Laudatio Hugonis Grotii), dies at 81   

1871  Georg Andreas Henkel, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1878  Wilhelm Speyer, composer, dies at 87 on this day in history.   

1884  John Wisden, publisher/cricketer (prominent Sussex player), dies on April - 05.   

1896  On this day in history john Rogers Thomas, composer, dies at 66   

1900  Comte de Villebois-Marevil, French/S African general, dies in battle on April - 05.   

1907  Anton G van Hamel, founder (Roman philosphy in Neth), dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1908  On April - 05 gaetano Coronaro, composer, dies at 55   

1918  On April - 05 paul Vidal de la Blanche, French geographer, dies at 73   

1921  On April - 05 alphonsus J M Diepenbrock, Dutch composer (Missa), dies at 58   

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1288  On April - 05 birth of emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (d. 1336)   

1472  Bianca Maria Sforza, wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1510) was born on this day in history.   

1523  On April - 05 birth of blaise de Vigenère, French cryptographer (d. 1596)   

1588  Thomas Hobbes, England, philosopher (Leviathan) was born on April - 05.   

1595  On April - 05 birth of john Wilson, composer   

1598  Laurentius Erhard, composer was born on April - 05.   

1604  On this day in history birth of charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1675)   

1622  On April - 05 birth of vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician (d. 1703)