Famous Deaths In April - 04

0397  On April - 04 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  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 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 this day in history.   

1406  Robert III, King of Scotland (1390-1406), dies on this day in history.   

1417  On April - 04 john van Touraine, 1st husband of Jacoba of Bavaria, dies   

1536  Death of Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (b. 1460) on April - 04.   

1585  On April - 04 caspar de Robles, Spanish viceroy of Frisia, dies at about 57   

1588  Frederik II, King of Denmark/Norway (1559-88), dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1604  On April - 04 thomas Churchyard, poet/pamphleteer, dies   

1609  On this day in history death of charles de L'Ecluse, Flemish botanist (b. 1526)   

1617  On April - 04 john Napier, Scottish mathematician/inventor (logarithms), dies   

1643  On this day in history simon Episcopius, [Bisschop], Dutch theologist, dies at 60   

1661  Death of Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven, Scottish soldier (b. circa 1580) on April - 04.   

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

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

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

1714  Karel, duke of Berry/French heir to the throne, dies on this day in history.   

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

1743  On April - 04 death of daniel Neal, English historian (b. 1678)   

1761  On this day in history death of theodore Gardelle, Swiss painter and enameler (b. 1722)   

1766  On this day in history death of john Taylor, English classical scholar (b. 1704)   

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

1784  Mary Mead, wife of English journalist John Wilkes, dies on this day in history.   

1792  On April - 04 death of james Sykes, American politician (b. 1725)   

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

1807  On this day in history joseph Jerome Le Francais de Lalande, French astronomer, dies   

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

1841  On this day in history death of william Henry Harrison, becomes 1st pres to die in office, at 68   

1844  Charles Bulfinch, 1st US pro architect (Mass State House), dies at 80 on April - 04.   

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

1492  On this day in history birth of ambrosius Blarer, German reformer (d. 1564)   

1527  On April - 04 birth of abraham Ortelius, [Ortels/Hortels], South Neth geographer   

1572  On this day in history birth of william Strachey, English writer (d. 1621)   

1593  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1688  Joseph-Nicolas Delisle, French astronomer (d. 1768) was born on April - 04.