Famous Birthdays In April - 05

1839  Robert Smalls, Beaufort SC, black congressman 1875-87 (Rep-SC) was born on this day in history.   

1839  Stanislaw Pilinski, composer was born on this day in history.   

1845  On April - 05 birth of jules M Cambon, French gov-gen of Algeria/ambassador   

1853  Alfonso Randano, composer was born on April - 05.   

1854  Vicente Goicoechea Errasti, composer was born on this day in history.   

1856  Booker Taliaferro Washington, pioneer educator (1st black on US stamp) was born on this day in history.   

1857  Alexander-Jozef von Battenberg, ruler of Bulgaria (1879-86) was born on April - 05.   

1859  Wilhelm Harteveld, composer was born on this day in history.   

1862  On this day in history birth of louis Ganne, composer   

1868  J F "Flooi" Du Toit, cricketer (one Test S Africa 1892) was born on this day in history.   

1869  On April - 05 birth of albert Roussel, Tourcoing France, composer (Rapsodie Flamende)   

1869  On this day in history birth of sergei Chaplygin, Russian physicist and engineer (d. 1942)   

1871  On April - 05 birth of jeanne Bougeois, [La Mistinguette], artist (French revue)   

1871  On April - 05 birth of mirko Seljan, Croatian explorer (d. 1913?)   

1872  On this day in history birth of samuel Cate Prescott, American food scientist and microbiologist (d. 1962)   

1875  On April - 05 birth of mistinguett, French vaudeville performer (d. 1956)   

1876  On this day in history birth of viktor Patrick Vretblad, composer   

1882  Don Blackie, cricketer (Australian off-spinner in 1928-29 yes, age 46) was born on this day in history.   

1885  Dimitrie Cuclin, composer was born on this day in history.   

1886  On this day in history birth of jacques Handschin, Swiss musicologist (Der Toncharakter)   

1890  On this day in history birth of fie Carelsen, Dutch actress (Malle Gervallen)   

1893  Clas Thunberg, Finland, speed skater (Olympic-gold-1924, 28) was born on April - 05.   

1899  On this day in history birth of william Hornby Steer, barrister/judge   

1900  Spencer Tracy, Milwaukee, actor (Father's Little Dividend, Adam's Rib) was born on this day in history.   

1901  On this day in history birth of alexander Alexeieff, Russian/French painter/graphic artist   

1901  Chester Bowles, Mass, ambassador/writer (Conscience of a Liberal) was born on this day in history.   

1901  Melvyn Douglas, [Hesselberg], Macon Ga, actor (Hud, Ghost Story) was born on April - 05.   

1903  On this day in history birth of thomas Baron Pitfield, composer   

1905  On April - 05 birth of bill Raisch, one armed actor (Fred Johnson-Fugitive)   

1905  Jef Maes, composer was born on this day in history.   

1906  Arthur Guy Clutton-Brock, English agronomist was born on April - 05.   

1906  On this day in history birth of lord Buckley, American monologist (d. 1960)   

1907  J Zeldenrust, Dutch pathologist/anatomist was born on April - 05.   

1908  Bette Davis, Lowell Mass, famous eyes (Of Human Bondage, Jezebel) was born on this day in history.   

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0582  Death of Eutychius, Patriarch of Constantinople (c. 512) on this day in history.   

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

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

1258  On this day in history julian of Cornillon/Liege, Flemish visionary/saint, dies   

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

1419  Death of Vincent Ferrer, Spanish missionary and saint (b. 1350) on this day in history.   

1531  Death of Richard Roose, boiled to death for trying to poison an archbishop on April - 05.   

1605  Death of Adam Loftus, English Protestant archbishop in Ireland (c.1513) on April - 05.