Famous Birthdays In April - 05

1288  On April - 05 birth of emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (d. 1336)   

1472  Bianca Maria Sforza, wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1510) was born on April - 05.   

1523  On this day in history birth of blaise de Vigenère, French cryptographer (d. 1596)   

1588  Thomas Hobbes, England, philosopher (Leviathan) was born on April - 05.   

1595  On this day in history birth of john Wilson, composer   

1598  On April - 05 birth of laurentius Erhard, composer   

1604  On this day in history birth of charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1675)   

1622  On April - 05 birth of vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician (d. 1703)   

1626  Jan van Kessel, Flemish painter was born on this day in history.   

1643  Charles V Leopold, Duke of Lorraine/fieldmarshal in Austria was born on this day in history.   

1649  Elihu Yale, England, philanthropist founded Yale was born on this day in history.   

1692  Adrienne Lecouvreur, French actress (d. 1730) was born on April - 05.   

1698  On April - 05 birth of georg Gottfried Wagner, composer   

1725  Giacomo Casanova, Italian writer/philanderer/adventurer (uncertain) was born on this day in history.   

1727  Pasquale Ankossi, composer was born on this day in history.   

1732  Jean-Honoré Fragonard, French artist (d. 1806) was born on this day in history.   

1752  On this day in history birth of sébastien Érard, French musical instruments maker (d. 1831)   

1784  On this day in history birth of louis [Ludwig] Spohr, Germany, violin virtuoso/composer (Faust)   

1784  Ludwig Spohr, composer was born on this day in history.   

1788  Franz Pforr, German painter/cartoonist (Lukasbund) was born on April - 05.   

1795  Henry Havelock, British soldier (War in Afghanistan 1838-39) was born on April - 05.   

1799  Vincenzo Fioravanti, composer was born on this day in history.   

1816  Samuel Freeman Miller, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1890) was born on April - 05.   

1818  Lewis Baldwin Parsons, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) was born on April - 05.   

1820  Nadar, [Félix Tournachon], French painter/cartoonist/author/ballonist was born on April - 05.   

1822  James Nagle, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1866 was born on this day in history.   

1824  Sydney Thompson Dobell, poet (Roman) was born on April - 05.   

1825  On this day in history birth of david Rumph "Neighbor" Jones, Major General (Confederate Army)   

1827  Joseph Lister, England, physician (founded aseptic surgery) was born on this day in history.   

1828  Pietro Plantania, composer was born on this day in history.   

1830  On April - 05 birth of alexander Muir, Lesmahagow Scotland, poet (Maple Leaf Forever)   

1832  Jules-Francois Camille Ferry, French statesman was born on April - 05.   

1837  Algernon Charles Swinburne, England, poet (Atalanta in Calydon) was born on April - 05.   

1838  On April - 05 birth of alpheus Hyatt, US, invertebrate paleontologist   

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0582  Death of Eutychius, Patriarch of Constantinople (c. 512) on April - 05.   

0828  On April - 05 nicephorus, patriarch of Constantinopel (806-15), dies at about 77   

1168  On this day in history death of robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester (b. 1104)   

1258  On April - 05 julian of Cornillon/Liege, Flemish visionary/saint, dies   

1270  Ramban Nachmanides, Talmudic scholar (Hiddushei Ha-Ramden), dies on this day in history.   

1419  On this day in history death of vincent Ferrer, Spanish missionary and saint (b. 1350)   

1531  Death of Richard Roose, boiled to death for trying to poison an archbishop on this day in history.   

1605  Death of Adam Loftus, English Protestant archbishop in Ireland (c.1513) on this day in history.