Famous Personalities Born In April - 04

1492  Ambrosius Blarer, German reformer (d. 1564) was born on April - 04.   

1527  On this day in history birth of abraham Ortelius, [Ortels/Hortels], South Neth geographer   

1572  On April - 04 birth of william Strachey, English writer (d. 1621)   

1593  Edward Nicholas, English statesman (d. 1669) was born on this day in history.   

1646  Antoine Galland, French archaeologist (d. 1715) was born on this day in history.   

1648  On this day in history birth of grinling Gibbons, sculptor/woodcarver   

1688  Joseph-Nicolas Delisle, French astronomer (d. 1768) was born on April - 04.   

1696  On April - 04 birth of giovanni Battista Tiepoldo, painter   

1716  John Evangelist Schreiber, composer was born on April - 04.   

1718  Benjamin Kennicott, English churchman and Hebrew scholar (d. 1783) was born on this day in history.   

1731  On April - 04 birth of francisco Morera, composer   

1740  On April - 04 birth of wolfgang Nicolaus Haueisen, composer   

1752  On April - 04 birth of niccolo Antonio Zingarelli, composer (Andromeda)   

1755  Vincenc Masek, composer was born on April - 04.   

1758  John Hoppner, portrait painter was born on April - 04.   

1762  On April - 04 birth of stephen Storace, composer   

1772  On April - 04 birth of nachman of Breslov, Ukrainian founder of Breslov Hasidut (d. 1810)   

1785  Bettina Brentano, composer was born on this day in history.   

1785  Bettina von Arnim, German writer (This Book Belongs to the King) was born on this day in history.   

1786  John Franklin, British explorer (Arctic) was born on April - 04.   

1792  Thaddeus Stevens, US Radical Republican congressional leader (Rep-R) was born on April - 04.   

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  On April - 04 birth of benjamin Pierce, US mathematician/astronomer   

1814  John Blair Smith Todd, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1872 was born on April - 04.   

1817  On April - 04 birth of john Wilson Sprague, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1893   

1818  On April - 04 birth of thomas Mayne Reid, Irish-American novelist (d. 1883)   

1819  On this day in history birth of queen Maria II of Portugal (d. 1853)   

1820  Charles Devens Jr, Major General, Bvt (Union volunteers), died in 1891 was born on this day in history.   

1821  Linus Yale, US, portrait painter/inventor (Yale cylinder lock) was born on this day in history.   

1823  On April - 04 birth of karl Wilhelm Siemens, inventor (laid undersea cables)   

1823  On this day in history birth of robert Byington Mitchell, Brig General (Union volunteers)   

1826  Zénobe Gramme, Belgian engineer (d. 1901) was born on April - 04.   

1828  Margaret Oliphant, Scotland, novelist/biographer (Beleaguered City) was born on April - 04.   

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0397  On this day in history ambrosius, gov of Liguria/bishop of Milan (374-97)/saint, dies   

0636  On this day in history death of saint Isidore of Seville, Church Father and the proposed patron of Internet (b. cira 560)   

0896  Formosus, Pope (891-96), dies on April - 04.   

1229  On this day in history hugo van Pierrepont, bishop of Liege, dies   

1284  On this day in history alfonso X, "El Sabio" King of Castile/Leon (1252-84), dies at 62   

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

1305  Death of Jeanne of Navarre, wife of Philip IV of France (b. circa 1217) on April - 04.   

1393  Floris van Wevelinkhoven, bishop of Utrecht, dies on this day in history.