Famous Deaths Happened In April - 05

0582  On this day in history death of eutychius, Patriarch of Constantinople (c. 512)   

0828  Nicephorus, patriarch of Constantinopel (806-15), dies at about 77 on this day in history.   

1168  On April - 05 death of robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester (b. 1104)   

1258  On this day in history julian of Cornillon/Liege, Flemish visionary/saint, dies   

1270  On April - 05 ramban Nachmanides, Talmudic scholar (Hiddushei Ha-Ramden), dies   

1419  Death of Vincent Ferrer, Spanish missionary and saint (b. 1350) on April - 05.   

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

1605  Death of Adam Loftus, English Protestant archbishop in Ireland (c.1513) on April - 05.   

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  Death of Francois Caron, admiral/governor (Formosa), drowns at about 72 on this day in history.   

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

1684  William Brouncker, 2nd viscount/1st pres of Royal Society, dies on this day in history.   

1693  On this day in history anne M L of Orleans, duchess (Grande Mademoiselle), dies at 65   

1695  George Savile, 1st marquis of Halifax, dies at 61 on April - 05.   

1697  Charles XI, King of Sweden (1660-97), dies at 41 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1723  On April - 05 j Fischer von Erlach, Austrian architect (Hofburg, Vienna), dies at 66   

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

1735  On April - 05 death of william Derham, English minister and writer (b. 1657)   

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

1794  On April - 05 death of georges-Jacques Danton, French revolutionary leader, guillotined at 34   

1811  Robert Raikes, founder of Sunday Schools, dies on this day in history.   

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  On April - 05 wilhelm Speyer, composer, dies at 87   

1884  John Wisden, publisher/cricketer (prominent Sussex player), dies on this day in history.   

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  On April - 05 anton G van Hamel, founder (Roman philosphy in Neth), dies at 65   

1908  Gaetano Coronaro, composer, dies at 55 on April - 05.   

1918  On this day in history paul Vidal de la Blanche, French geographer, dies at 73   

1921  Alphonsus J M Diepenbrock, Dutch composer (Missa), dies at 58 on April - 05.   

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1288  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (d. 1336)   

1472  On this day in history birth of bianca Maria Sforza, wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1510)   

1523  Blaise de Vigenère, French cryptographer (d. 1596) was born on April - 05.   

1588  On April - 05 birth of thomas Hobbes, England, philosopher (Leviathan)   

1595  On this day in history birth of john Wilson, composer   

1598  On this day in history birth of laurentius Erhard, composer   

1604  Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1675) was born on April - 05.   

1622  On this day in history birth of vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician (d. 1703)