Famous Deaths In April - 30

1848  Friedrich Freiherr Gagern, German/Dutch army commandant, dies at 53 on April - 30.   

1855  Henry Rowley Bishop, British composer/conductor, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1859  Sergei T Aksakov, Russian writer (Bagrova-vnuka), dies at 67 on April - 30.   

1865  Death of Robert Fitzroy, English admiral and meteorologist (b. 1805) on this day in history.   

1875  Death of Jean Frederic Waldeck, French explorer, lithographer, and cartographer (b. 1766) on this day in history.   

1883  Death of Édouard Manet, French painter (b. 1832) on this day in history.   

1887  On this day in history friedrich Wilhelm Markull, composer, dies at 71   

1893  On this day in history edouard Manet, French painter (Olympia), dies at 61   

1895  On April - 30 gustav Freytag, writer, dies at 78   

1896  Antonio Cagnoni, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1900  John Luther (Casey) Jones, dies in Cannonball Express train wreck on April - 30.   

1903  Death of Emily Stowe, Canadian physician and suffragist (b.1831) on this day in history.   

1912  On this day in history frantiÅ¡ek Kmoch, Czech composer, dies at 63   

1919  Henry Wood, England cricket wicket keeper (in 4 Tests 1888-92), dies on April - 30.   

1922  On April - 30 david M Chumaceiro, Curacaos poet, dies   

1931  Sammy Woods, cricketer (3 Tests for Australia, 3 for England), dies on this day in history.   

1933  Death of Luis Sanchez Cerro, Pres of Peru, assassinated by Hurtado de Mendoza on April - 30.   

1934  On this day in history william Henry Welch, dies at 75   

1936  On April - 30 death of alfred Edward Housman, English poet (b. 1859)   

1942  Catherine Murphy Urner, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1943  On this day in history beatrice Potter Webb, British writer (My Apprenticeship), dies at 85   

1945  Death of Adolph Hitler, German dictator (1936-45), commits suicide at 56 on this day in history.   

1952  Charles Radoux-Rogier, composer, dies on this day in history.   

1956  Alben W Barkley, (VP-D-1949-53), dies at 78 on April - 30.   

1957  On this day in history ludwig Schiedermair, German musicologist (Beethoven), dies at 80   

1959  On April - 30 armand Louis Joseph Marsick, composer, dies at 81   

1963  Bryant Washburn, actor (Nabonga, Millionaire Kid), dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1965  On this day in history helen Chandler, actress (Dracula, Salute, Last Flight), dies at 56   

1966  Richard Farina, American writer and folk rocker, dies on his birthday in a motorcycle accident on this day in history.   

1970  On April - 30 hall Johnson, composer, dies at 82   

1971  On April - 30 elmo Roper, pollster (Roper Poll), dies at 70   

1972  On this day in history gia Scala, actress (Garment Jungle, I Aim at the Stars), dies at 38   

1973  Josie Sedgwick, actress (White Moth), dies of stroke at 75 on this day in history.   

1974  On this day in history agnes Moorehead, actress (Endorra-Bewitched), dies at 67   

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1245  King Philip III of France (d. 1285) was born on this day in history.   

1309  On this day in history birth of kazimierz III de Great, King of Poland (1333-70)   

1553  Louise de Lorraine-Vaudémont, queen of France (d. 1601) was born on April - 30.   

1602  On this day in history birth of william Lilly, England, astrologer/author/almanac compiler   

1651  Jean-Baptiste de la Salle, French priest/theorist/saint was born on April - 30.   

1662  Queen Mary II of England (d. 1694) was born on April - 30.   

1664  François Louis, Prince of Conti, French general (d. 1709) was born on this day in history.   

1710  Johann Kaspar Basselet von La Rosée, Bavarian general (d. 1795) was born on this day in history.