Page 2: Historical Events In April - 04

1662  On April - 04 davis Mell, composer, dies at 57   

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

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

1687  On this day in history english King James II orders his Declaration of Indulgence read in church   

1687  King James II orders his declaration of indulgence read in church on this day in history.   

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

1714  On this day in history karel, duke of Berry/French heir to the throne, dies   

1716  On April - 04 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 this day in history.   

1731  On this day in history francisco Morera, composer   

1734  On April - 04 johann C van Erckel, old Catholic theologist, dies at about 79   

1737  Anthony van Heim installed as Dutch pension advisor on April - 04.   

1740  On April - 04 wolfgang Nicolaus Haueisen, composer   

1752  On this day in history niccolo Antonio Zingarelli, composer (Andromeda)   

1755  On April - 04 vincenc Masek, composer   

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

1762  On this day in history stephen Storace, composer   

1774  On April - 04 oliver Goldsmith, Irish poet (She Stoops to Conquer), dies at 17   

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

1784  Mary Mead, wife of English journalist John Wilkes, dies on April - 04.   

1785  Bettina Brentano, composer on this day in history.   

1786  John Franklin, British explorer (Arctic) on April - 04.   

1792  On April - 04 thaddeus Stevens, US Radical Republican congressional leader (Rep-R)   

1804  Joseph Fischhof, composer on April - 04.   

1806  On April - 04 friedrich Gottlob Fleischer, composer, dies at 84   

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

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

1814  On this day in history napoleon abdicates for the first time.   

1814  On this day in history john Blair Smith Todd, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1872   

1817  On April - 04 john Wilson Sprague, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1893   

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

1818  Congress decided US flag is 13 red & white stripes & 20 stars on this day in history.   

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

1527  On this day in history birth of abraham Ortelius, [Ortels/Hortels], South Neth geographer   

1572  William Strachey, English writer (d. 1621) was born on April - 04.   

1593  On April - 04 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 April - 04.   

1688  On April - 04 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  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 this day in history alfonso X, "El Sabio" King of Castile/Leon (1252-84), dies at 62   

1292  On April - 04 nicholas IV, [Girolamo Masci], Pope (1288-92), dies   

1305  On April - 04 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.