Famous Birthdays In April - 05

1288  On this day in history 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  Blaise de Vigenère, French cryptographer (d. 1596) was born on this day in history.   

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

1595  John Wilson, composer was born on April - 05.   

1598  Laurentius Erhard, composer was born on this day in history.   

1604  Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1675) was born on April - 05.   

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

1626  Jan van Kessel, Flemish painter was born on April - 05.   

1643  Charles V Leopold, Duke of Lorraine/fieldmarshal in Austria was born on April - 05.   

1649  Elihu Yale, England, philanthropist founded Yale was born on April - 05.   

1692  Adrienne Lecouvreur, French actress (d. 1730) was born on this day in history.   

1698  On this day in history birth of georg Gottfried Wagner, composer   

1725  Giacomo Casanova, Italian writer/philanderer/adventurer (uncertain) was born on April - 05.   

1727  On this day in history birth of pasquale Ankossi, composer   

1732  On April - 05 birth of jean-Honoré Fragonard, French artist (d. 1806)   

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 April - 05.   

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

1795  On this day in history birth of henry Havelock, British soldier (War in Afghanistan 1838-39)   

1799  On April - 05 birth of vincenzo Fioravanti, composer   

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

1818  On April - 05 birth of lewis Baldwin Parsons, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

1820  On this day in history birth of nadar, [Félix Tournachon], French painter/cartoonist/author/ballonist   

1822  On this day in history birth of james Nagle, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1866   

1824  On this day in history birth of sydney Thompson Dobell, poet (Roman)   

1825  On April - 05 birth of david Rumph "Neighbor" Jones, Major General (Confederate Army)   

1827  On April - 05 birth of joseph Lister, England, physician (founded aseptic surgery)   

1828  On this day in history birth of pietro Plantania, composer   

1830  Alexander Muir, Lesmahagow Scotland, poet (Maple Leaf Forever) was born on April - 05.   

1832  On this day in history birth of jules-Francois Camille Ferry, French statesman   

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

1838  Alpheus Hyatt, US, invertebrate paleontologist was born on this day in history.   

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0582  On this day in history death of eutychius, Patriarch of Constantinople (c. 512)   

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

1168  Death of Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester (b. 1104) on this day in history.   

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

1270  Ramban Nachmanides, Talmudic scholar (Hiddushei Ha-Ramden), dies on April - 05.   

1419  On April - 05 death of vincent Ferrer, Spanish missionary and saint (b. 1350)   

1531  On this day in history death of richard Roose, boiled to death for trying to poison an archbishop   

1605  On April - 05 death of adam Loftus, English Protestant archbishop in Ireland (c.1513)