Page 2: Historical Events In April - 04

1662  Davis Mell, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

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  King James II orders his declaration of indulgence read in church on April - 04.   

1701  On this day in history joseph Haines, entertainer and author   

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  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  On April - 04 francisco Morera, composer   

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 April - 04.   

1740  On April - 04 wolfgang Nicolaus Haueisen, composer   

1752  Niccolo Antonio Zingarelli, composer (Andromeda) on this day in history.   

1755  On this day in history vincenc Masek, composer   

1758  John Hoppner, portrait painter on this day in history.   

1762  Stephen Storace, composer on this day in history.   

1774  Oliver Goldsmith, Irish poet (She Stoops to Conquer), dies at 17 on this day in history.   

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 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 this day in history joseph Fischhof, composer   

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

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

1809  On April - 04 benjamin Pierce, US mathematician/astronomer   

1814  On April - 04 napoleon abdicates for the first time.   

1814  John Blair Smith Todd, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1872 on April - 04.   

1817  On this day in history john Wilson Sprague, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1893   

1817  On this day in history prince d'Essing, dies   

1818  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1492  Ambrosius Blarer, German reformer (d. 1564) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1593  On April - 04 birth of edward Nicholas, English statesman (d. 1669)   

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

1648  Grinling Gibbons, sculptor/woodcarver was born on this day in history.   

1688  On this day in history birth of joseph-Nicolas Delisle, French astronomer (d. 1768)   

0397  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1229  Hugo van Pierrepont, bishop of Liege, dies on April - 04.   

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 April - 04.   

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 this day in history.