Famous Birthdays In April - 04
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1492 Ambrosius Blarer, German reformer (d. 1564) was born on this day in history.
1527 On April - 04 birth of abraham Ortelius, [Ortels/Hortels], South Neth geographer
1572 William Strachey, English writer (d. 1621) was born on April - 04.
1593 Edward Nicholas, English statesman (d. 1669) was born on this day in history.
1646 On April - 04 birth of antoine Galland, French archaeologist (d. 1715)
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)
1696 On April - 04 birth of giovanni Battista Tiepoldo, painter
1716 On this day in history birth of john Evangelist Schreiber, composer
1718 Benjamin Kennicott, English churchman and Hebrew scholar (d. 1783) was born on this day in history.
1731 Francisco Morera, composer was born on this day in history.
1740 On this day in history birth of wolfgang Nicolaus Haueisen, composer
1752 Niccolo Antonio Zingarelli, composer (Andromeda) was born on this day in history.
1755 Vincenc Masek, composer was born on this day in history.
1758 John Hoppner, portrait painter was born on this day in history.
1762 On this day in history birth of stephen Storace, composer
1772 Nachman of Breslov, Ukrainian founder of Breslov Hasidut (d. 1810) was born on this day in history.
1785 On April - 04 birth of bettina Brentano, composer
1785 On April - 04 birth of bettina von Arnim, German writer (This Book Belongs to the King)
1786 On April - 04 birth of john Franklin, British explorer (Arctic)
1792 On this day in history birth of thaddeus Stevens, US Radical Republican congressional leader (Rep-R)
1802 Dorothea Dix, American social activist (d. 1887) was born on this day in history.
1804 On this day in history birth of joseph Fischhof, composer
1809 Benjamin Pierce, US mathematician/astronomer was born on April - 04.
1814 John Blair Smith Todd, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1872 was born on April - 04.
1817 John Wilson Sprague, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1893 was born on April - 04.
1818 Thomas Mayne Reid, Irish-American novelist (d. 1883) was born on April - 04.
1819 Queen Maria II of Portugal (d. 1853) was born on this day in history.
1820 Charles Devens Jr, Major General, Bvt (Union volunteers), died in 1891 was born on this day in history.
1821 On April - 04 birth of linus Yale, US, portrait painter/inventor (Yale cylinder lock)
1823 On April - 04 birth of karl Wilhelm Siemens, inventor (laid undersea cables)
1823 Robert Byington Mitchell, Brig General (Union volunteers) was born on April - 04.
1826 On this day in history birth of zénobe Gramme, Belgian engineer (d. 1901)
1828 On April - 04 birth of margaret Oliphant, Scotland, novelist/biographer (Beleaguered City)