Page 2: Historical Events In April - 04

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

1664  On this day in history adam Willaerts, Dutch seascape painter, dies   

1686  On this day in history english king James II publishes Declaration of Indulgence   

1687  English King James II orders his Declaration of Indulgence read in church on April - 04.   

1687  On this day in history king James II orders his declaration of indulgence read in church   

1701  On April - 04 joseph Haines, entertainer and author   

1714  Karel, duke of Berry/French heir to the throne, dies on April - 04.   

1716  On April - 04 russian & Prussian troops occupy Wismar   

1716  On April - 04 john Evangelist Schreiber, composer   

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 this day in history.   

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

1737  On April - 04 anthony van Heim installed as Dutch pension advisor   

1740  On this day in history wolfgang Nicolaus Haueisen, composer   

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

1755  On April - 04 vincenc Masek, composer   

1758  On April - 04 john Hoppner, portrait painter   

1762  On this day in history stephen Storace, composer   

1774  Oliver Goldsmith, Irish poet (She Stoops to Conquer), dies at 17 on April - 04.   

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 this day in history.   

1785  On this day in history bettina Brentano, composer   

1786  On this day in history john Franklin, British explorer (Arctic)   

1792  Thaddeus Stevens, US Radical Republican congressional leader (Rep-R) on this day in history.   

1804  On April - 04 joseph Fischhof, composer   

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

1807  Joseph Jerome Le Francais de Lalande, French astronomer, dies on April - 04.   

1809  Benjamin Pierce, US mathematician/astronomer on April - 04.   

1814  Napoleon abdicates for the first time on this day in history.   

1814  On April - 04 john Blair Smith Todd, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1872   

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

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  Congress decided US flag is 13 red and white stripes and 20 stars on April - 04.   

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0186  Caracalla, Roman emperor (d. 217) was born on this day in history.   

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  Edward Nicholas, English statesman (d. 1669) was born on April - 04.   

1646  Antoine Galland, French archaeologist (d. 1715) was born on this day in history.   

1648  Grinling Gibbons, sculptor/woodcarver was born on April - 04.   

1688  Joseph-Nicolas Delisle, French astronomer (d. 1768) was born on this day in history.   

0397  On this day in history ambrosius, gov of Liguria/bishop of Milan (374-97)/saint, dies   

0636  On April - 04 death of saint Isidore of Seville, Church Father and the proposed patron of Internet (b. cira 560)   

0896  Formosus, Pope (891-96), dies on April - 04.   

1229  On April - 04 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  On this day in history nicholas IV, [Girolamo Masci], Pope (1288-92), dies   

1305  Death of Jeanne of Navarre, wife of Philip IV of France (b. circa 1217) on April - 04.   

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