Page 2: Historical Events In April - 04

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

1664  On April - 04 adam Willaerts, Dutch seascape painter, dies   

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  On this day in history king James II orders his declaration of indulgence read in church   

1701  Joseph Haines, entertainer and author on this day in history.   

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  John Evangelist Schreiber, composer on April - 04.   

1721  On this day in history sir Robert Walpole enters office as the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom under King George I.   

1731  Francisco Morera, composer on April - 04.   

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 this day in history.   

1755  On April - 04 vincenc Masek, composer   

1758  On this day in history john Hoppner, portrait painter   

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  On April - 04 john Franklin, British explorer (Arctic)   

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

1804  On April - 04 joseph Fischhof, composer   

1806  Friedrich Gottlob Fleischer, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

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  John Blair Smith Todd, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1872 on this day in history.   

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

1817  Prince d'Essing, dies on April - 04.   

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

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

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0186  Caracalla, Roman emperor (d. 217) was born on April - 04.   

1492  On April - 04 birth of ambrosius Blarer, German reformer (d. 1564)   

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

1572  On April - 04 birth of william Strachey, English writer (d. 1621)   

1593  On this day in history birth of edward Nicholas, English statesman (d. 1669)   

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  Joseph-Nicolas Delisle, French astronomer (d. 1768) was born on April - 04.   

0397  Ambrosius, gov of Liguria/bishop of Milan (374-97)/saint, dies on April - 04.   

0636  Death of Saint Isidore of Seville, Church Father and the proposed patron of Internet (b. cira 560) on April - 04.   

0896  Formosus, Pope (891-96), dies on this day in history.   

1229  Hugo van Pierrepont, bishop of Liege, dies on this day in history.   

1284  On this day in history alfonso X, "El Sabio" King of Castile/Leon (1252-84), dies at 62   

1292  Nicholas IV, [Girolamo Masci], Pope (1288-92), dies on this day in history.   

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.