Famous Birthdays In April - 04

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)   

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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 April - 04.   

1292  Nicholas IV, [Girolamo Masci], Pope (1288-92), dies on this day in history.   

1305  On this day in history death of jeanne of Navarre, wife of Philip IV of France (b. circa 1217)   

1393  Floris van Wevelinkhoven, bishop of Utrecht, dies on April - 04.