What happened on April 6 ?

1199 - King Richard I of England (killed in battle) (b. 1157)

1362 - James I, Count of La Marche, French soldier (b. 1319)

1490 - King Matthias Corvinus of Hungary

1520 - Raphael, Italian painter and architect (b. 1483)

1528 - Albrecht Dürer, German artist (b. 1471)

1551 - Joachim Vadian, Swiss humanist (b. 1484)

1571 - John Hamilton, Scottish prelate and politician

1590 - Francis Walsingham, English spymaster

1605 - John Stow, English historian

1655 - David Blondel, French Protestant clergyman (b. 1591)

1686 - Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey, English royalist statesman (b. 1614)

1707 - Willem van de Velde, the younger, Dutch painter (b. 1633)

1755 - Richard Rawlinson, English minister and antiquarian (b. 1690)

1825 - Vladimir Borovikovsky, Russian painter (b. 1757)

1829 - Niels Henrik Abel, Norwegian mathematician (b. 1802)

1838 - José Bonifácio de Andrade e Silva, Brazilian statesman and geologist (b. 1763)

1862 - Albert Sidney Johnston, American Confederate general (b. 1803)

1883 - Benjamin Raymond, Mayor of Chicago (b. 1801)

1906 - Alexander Kielland, Norwegian author (b. 1849)

1935 - Edwin Arlington Robinson, American poet (b. 1869)

1961 - Jules Bordet, Belgian immunologist and microbiologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1870)

1963 - Otto Struve, Russian-born astronomer (b. 1897)

1970 - Sam Sheppard, American accused murderer (b. 1923)

1971 - Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer (b. 1882)

1974 - Willem Marinus Dudok, Dutch architect (b. 1884)

1992 - Isaac Asimov, Russian-born author (b. 1920)

1994 - Juvénal Habyarimana, President of Rwanda (b. 1937)

1994 - Cyprien Ntaryamira, President of Burundi (b. 1956)

1996 - Greer Garson, Irish actress (b. 1904)

1998 - Wendy O. Williams, American musician (Plasmatics) (b. 1949)

1998 - Tammy Wynette, American musician (b. 1942)

2000 - Habib Bourguiba, President of Tunisia (b. 1903)

2003 - David Bloom, American reporter (pulmonary embolism) (b. 1963)

2003 - Babatunde Olatunji, Nigerian drummer (b. 1927)

2004 - Larisa Bogoraz, Soviet dissident (b. 1929)

2005 - Rainier III, Prince of Monaco (b. 1923)