Historical Events In April - 04

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

1664  Adam Willaerts, Dutch seascape painter, dies on April - 04.   

1686  English king James II publishes Declaration of Indulgence on April - 04.   

1687  English King James II orders his Declaration of Indulgence read in church on this day in history.   

1687  On April - 04 king James II orders his declaration of indulgence read in church   

1701  Joseph Haines, entertainer and author on April - 04.   

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

1716  On this day in history russian & Prussian troops occupy Wismar   

1716  On this day in history john Evangelist Schreiber, composer   

1721  Sir Robert Walpole enters office as the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom under King George I on April - 04.   

1731  Francisco Morera, composer on this day in history.   

1734  Johann C van Erckel, old Catholic theologist, dies at about 79 on this day in history.   

1737  Anthony van Heim installed as Dutch pension advisor on this day in history.   

1740  Wolfgang Nicolaus Haueisen, composer on this day in history.   

1752  Niccolo Antonio Zingarelli, composer (Andromeda) on April - 04.   

1755  On April - 04 vincenc Masek, composer   

1758  John Hoppner, portrait painter on this day in history.   

1762  Stephen Storace, composer on April - 04.   

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

1776  On April - 04 continental Navy frigate Columbus captures HM Tender Hawke, first American capture of British armed vessel   

1784  On this day in history mary Mead, wife of English journalist John Wilkes, dies   

1785  Bettina Brentano, composer on April - 04.   

1786  On this day in history john Franklin, British explorer (Arctic)   

1792  On this day in history thaddeus Stevens, US Radical Republican congressional leader (Rep-R)   

1804  Joseph Fischhof, composer on this day in history.   

1806  Friedrich Gottlob Fleischer, composer, dies at 84 on April - 04.   

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

1809  On April - 04 benjamin Pierce, US mathematician/astronomer   

1814  Napoleon abdicates for the first time on April - 04.   

1814  John Blair Smith Todd, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1872 on April - 04.   

1817  John Wilson Sprague, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1893 on April - 04.   

1817  On this day in history prince d'Essing, dies   

1818  On April - 04 congress decided US flag is 13 red & white stripes & 20 stars   

1818  On this day in history congress decided US flag is 13 red and white stripes and 20 stars   

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0186  On April - 04 birth of caracalla, Roman emperor (d. 217)   

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

1527  Abraham Ortelius, [Ortels/Hortels], South Neth geographer was born on this day in history.   

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

1593  Edward Nicholas, English statesman (d. 1669) was born on this day in history.   

1646  On this day in history birth of antoine Galland, French archaeologist (d. 1715)   

1648  On this day in history birth of grinling Gibbons, sculptor/woodcarver   

1688  On this day in history birth of joseph-Nicolas Delisle, French astronomer (d. 1768)   

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

0636  On April - 04 death of saint Isidore of Seville, Church Father and the proposed patron of Internet (b. cira 560)   

0896  Formosus, Pope (891-96), dies on April - 04.   

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  On this day in history 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  Floris van Wevelinkhoven, bishop of Utrecht, dies on April - 04.