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  On this day in history birth of thomas Hobbes, England, philosopher (Leviathan)   

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

1598  Laurentius Erhard, composer was born on April - 05.   

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

1622  Vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician (d. 1703) was born on April - 05.   

1626  On this day in history birth of jan van Kessel, Flemish painter   

1643  On this day in history birth of charles V Leopold, Duke of Lorraine/fieldmarshal in Austria   

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

1692  On this day in history birth of adrienne Lecouvreur, French actress (d. 1730)   

1698  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 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  Louis [Ludwig] Spohr, Germany, violin virtuoso/composer (Faust) was born on April - 05.   

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

1788  On April - 05 birth of franz Pforr, German painter/cartoonist (Lukasbund)   

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

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  On this day in history birth of lewis Baldwin Parsons, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

1820  On April - 05 birth of nadar, [Félix Tournachon], French painter/cartoonist/author/ballonist   

1822  On April - 05 birth of james Nagle, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1866   

1824  Sydney Thompson Dobell, poet (Roman) was born on this day in history.   

1825  David Rumph "Neighbor" Jones, Major General (Confederate Army) was born on this day in history.   

1827  Joseph Lister, England, physician (founded aseptic surgery) was born on April - 05.   

1828  On April - 05 birth of pietro Plantania, composer   

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  Alpheus Hyatt, US, invertebrate paleontologist was born on April - 05.   

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0582  On April - 05 death of eutychius, Patriarch of Constantinople (c. 512)   

0828  Nicephorus, patriarch of Constantinopel (806-15), dies at about 77 on April - 05.   

1168  On April - 05 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 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)