Famous Birthdays In April - 04

1492  Ambrosius Blarer, German reformer (d. 1564) was born on April - 04.   

1527  Abraham Ortelius, [Ortels/Hortels], South Neth geographer was born on April - 04.   

1572  On this day in history 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 April - 04.   

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  Giovanni Battista Tiepoldo, painter was born on April - 04.   

1716  On this day in history birth of john Evangelist Schreiber, composer   

1718  On this day in history birth of benjamin Kennicott, English churchman and Hebrew scholar (d. 1783)   

1731  On this day in history birth of francisco Morera, composer   

1740  Wolfgang Nicolaus Haueisen, composer was born on this day in history.   

1752  Niccolo Antonio Zingarelli, composer (Andromeda) was born on April - 04.   

1755  On this day in history birth of vincenc Masek, composer   

1758  John Hoppner, portrait painter was born on April - 04.   

1762  On April - 04 birth of stephen Storace, composer   

1772  Nachman of Breslov, Ukrainian founder of Breslov Hasidut (d. 1810) was born on April - 04.   

1785  Bettina Brentano, composer was born on April - 04.   

1785  Bettina von Arnim, German writer (This Book Belongs to the King) was born on April - 04.   

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

1792  On April - 04 birth of thaddeus Stevens, US Radical Republican congressional leader (Rep-R)   

1802  Dorothea Dix, American social activist (d. 1887) was born on April - 04.   

1804  On this day in history birth of joseph Fischhof, composer   

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

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

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

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 April - 04.   

1821  Linus Yale, US, portrait painter/inventor (Yale cylinder lock) was born on this day in history.   

1823  Karl Wilhelm Siemens, inventor (laid undersea cables) was born on April - 04.   

1823  On April - 04 birth of robert Byington Mitchell, Brig General (Union volunteers)   

1826  On this day in history birth of zénobe Gramme, Belgian engineer (d. 1901)   

1828  Margaret Oliphant, Scotland, novelist/biographer (Beleaguered City) was born on April - 04.   

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0397  Ambrosius, gov of Liguria/bishop of Milan (374-97)/saint, dies on April - 04.   

0636  Death of Saint Isidore of Seville, Church Father and the proposed patron of Internet (b. cira 560) on this day in history.   

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

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

1284  Alfonso X, "El Sabio" King of Castile/Leon (1252-84), dies at 62 on this day in history.   

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 April - 04 floris van Wevelinkhoven, bishop of Utrecht, dies