Famous Birthdays In April - 04

1492  On this day in history birth of ambrosius Blarer, German reformer (d. 1564)   

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

1572  William Strachey, English writer (d. 1621) was born on April - 04.   

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 April - 04.   

1688  On April - 04 birth of joseph-Nicolas Delisle, French astronomer (d. 1768)   

1696  On this day in history birth of giovanni Battista Tiepoldo, painter   

1716  On April - 04 birth of john Evangelist Schreiber, composer   

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

1731  Francisco Morera, composer was born on April - 04.   

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

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

1755  Vincenc Masek, composer was born on April - 04.   

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

1762  On this day in history birth of stephen Storace, composer   

1772  On April - 04 birth of nachman of Breslov, Ukrainian founder of Breslov Hasidut (d. 1810)   

1785  On April - 04 birth of bettina Brentano, composer   

1785  On this day in history 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 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 April - 04 birth of joseph Fischhof, composer   

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

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

1817  On April - 04 birth of john Wilson Sprague, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1893   

1818  On this day in history birth of thomas Mayne Reid, Irish-American novelist (d. 1883)   

1819  Queen Maria II of Portugal (d. 1853) was born on April - 04.   

1820  Charles Devens Jr, Major General, Bvt (Union volunteers), died in 1891 was born on this day in history.   

1821  On this day in history birth of linus Yale, US, portrait painter/inventor (Yale cylinder lock)   

1823  Karl Wilhelm Siemens, inventor (laid undersea cables) was born on this day in history.   

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

1826  Zénobe Gramme, Belgian engineer (d. 1901) was born on this day in history.   

1828  Margaret Oliphant, Scotland, novelist/biographer (Beleaguered City) was born on this day in history.   

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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 this day in history formosus, Pope (891-96), dies   

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 April - 04.   

1393  On April - 04 floris van Wevelinkhoven, bishop of Utrecht, dies