Famous Deaths In April - 01

1085  Death of Emperor Shenzong of China (b. 1048) on April - 01.   

1132  Death of St-Hugues, Bishop of Grenoble (b. 1053) on this day in history.   

1204  On April - 01 eleanor of Aquitaine, wife of Louis VII & Henry II, dies at 81   

1205  Amalrik II, King of Cyprus/Jerusalem, dies on this day in history.   

1528  Death of Francisco de Peñalosa, Spanish composer on April - 01.   

1548  Sigismund I, the Elder, King of Poland, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1580  On this day in history death of alonso Mudarra, Spanish composer   

1611  Death of Gillis van Valkenborch, Flemish painter, buried at about 72 on this day in history.   

1621  Death of Cristofano Allori, Italian painter (b. 1577) on this day in history.   

1637  Death of Niwa Nagashige, Japanese warlord (b. 1571) on April - 01.   

1682  Death of Franz Egon of Fürstenberg, Bavarian Catholic archbishop (b. 1625) on this day in history.   

1734  Louis Lully, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1787  Death of Floyer Sydenham, English classical scholar (b. 1710) on this day in history.   

1791  Death of Richard Butler American soldier (b. 1743) on this day in history.   

1799  On this day in history narciso Casanovas, composer, dies at 52   

1807  On April - 01 louis Francois Chambray, composer, dies at 69   

1814  On April - 01 jozef de Ferraris, French/Austrian general/cartographer, dies at 87   

1830  On April - 01 carl Borromaus Neuner, composer, dies at 51   

1832  On this day in history robert the Hermit, US ex-slave/hermit in Massachusetts, dies   

1839  On this day in history death of benjamin Pierce, American politician (b. 1757)   

1865  On April - 01 death of giuditta Pasta, Italian soprano (b. 1797)   

1866  On April - 01 aime Ambroise Simon Leborne, composer, dies at 98   

1869  Anthony G O Ridder van Rappard, Min of Reformed Worship, dies at 69 on April - 01.   

1870  Patrick Gass, sgt of Lewis & Clark Expedition, dies at 98 on this day in history.   

1872  Death of Frederick Maurice, English theologian (b. 1805) on April - 01.   

1878  Eugene Gautier, composer, dies at 56 on April - 01.   

1890  On April - 01 death of david Wilber, American politician (b. 1820)   

1901  On April - 01 francois M Raoult, Fren physicist/chemist (Law of Raoult), dies at 70   

1910  On this day in history andreas Aschenbach, German painter/engraver, dies at 94   

1914  On April - 01 rube Waddell, baseballer, dies at 37 of TB   

1915  Johann Joseph Abert, composer, dies at 82 on April - 01.   

1916  Death of Gabrielle Petit, Belgian resistance fighter, executed on April - 01.   

1917  Scott Joplin, ragtime composer (Sting), dies at 48 on April - 01.   

1918  On April - 01 karl Fritjof Valentin, composer, dies at 64   

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1220  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Saga of Japan (d. 1272)   

1283  On April - 01 birth of ludwig IV of Baveria, Roman Catholic Bavarian emperor (1314-47)   

1543  François de Bonne, duc de Lesdiguières, Constable of France (d. 1626) was born on this day in history.   

1578  On this day in history birth of william Harvey, England, physician (discovered blood circulation)   

1582  On this day in history birth of gaspar de Crayer, Flemish painter   

1582  On this day in history birth of thomas Simpson, composer   

1610  On April - 01 birth of charles de Saint-Évremond, French soldier (d. 1703)   

1640  Georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (d. 1697) was born on April - 01.