Famous Deaths Happened In April - 04
Thursday, 23 October 2025
0397 On this day in history ambrosius, gov of Liguria/bishop of Milan (374-97)/saint, dies 

0636 On this day in history death of saint Isidore of Seville, Church Father and the proposed patron of Internet (b. cira 560) 

0896 On April - 04 formosus, Pope (891-96), dies 

1229 On this day in history hugo van Pierrepont, bishop of Liege, dies 

1284 On April - 04 alfonso X, "El Sabio" King of Castile/Leon (1252-84), dies at 62 

1292 Nicholas IV, [Girolamo Masci], Pope (1288-92), dies on April - 04. 

1305 On April - 04 death of jeanne of Navarre, wife of Philip IV of France (b. circa 1217) 

1393 On this day in history floris van Wevelinkhoven, bishop of Utrecht, dies 

1406 Robert III, King of Scotland (1390-1406), dies on April - 04. 

1417 On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 this day in history thomas Churchyard, poet/pamphleteer, dies 

1609 Death of Charles de L'Ecluse, Flemish botanist (b. 1526) on April - 04. 

1617 On this day in history 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 this day in history. 

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

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 On this day in history johann C van Erckel, old Catholic theologist, dies at about 79 

1743 Death of Daniel Neal, English historian (b. 1678) on April - 04. 

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

1766 On April - 04 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 On this day in history mary Mead, wife of English journalist John Wilkes, dies 

1792 Death of James Sykes, American politician (b. 1725) on April - 04. 

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

1807 On April - 04 joseph Jerome Le Francais de Lalande, French astronomer, dies 

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

1841 On April - 04 death of william Henry Harrison, becomes 1st pres to die in office, at 68 

1844 On this day in history charles Bulfinch, 1st US pro architect (Mass State House), dies at 80 

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