Famous Birthdays In April - 04

1492  Ambrosius Blarer, German reformer (d. 1564) was born on this day in history.   

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

1572  On this day in history birth of william Strachey, English writer (d. 1621)   

1593  Edward Nicholas, English statesman (d. 1669) was born on April - 04.   

1646  Antoine Galland, French archaeologist (d. 1715) was born on April - 04.   

1648  Grinling Gibbons, sculptor/woodcarver was born on this day in history.   

1688  On April - 04 birth of joseph-Nicolas Delisle, French astronomer (d. 1768)   

1696  On this day in history birth of giovanni Battista Tiepoldo, painter   

1716  On this day in history birth of john Evangelist Schreiber, composer   

1718  On this day in history birth of benjamin Kennicott, English churchman and Hebrew scholar (d. 1783)   

1731  Francisco Morera, composer was born on April - 04.   

1740  On this day in history birth of wolfgang Nicolaus Haueisen, composer   

1752  Niccolo Antonio Zingarelli, composer (Andromeda) was born on April - 04.   

1755  Vincenc Masek, composer was born on this day in history.   

1758  On this day in history birth of john Hoppner, portrait painter   

1762  On April - 04 birth of stephen Storace, composer   

1772  Nachman of Breslov, Ukrainian founder of Breslov Hasidut (d. 1810) was born on April - 04.   

1785  Bettina Brentano, composer was born on April - 04.   

1785  Bettina von Arnim, German writer (This Book Belongs to the King) was born on April - 04.   

1786  On April - 04 birth of john Franklin, British explorer (Arctic)   

1792  On this day in history birth of thaddeus Stevens, US Radical Republican congressional leader (Rep-R)   

1802  Dorothea Dix, American social activist (d. 1887) was born on this day in history.   

1804  Joseph Fischhof, composer was born on April - 04.   

1809  On this day in history birth of benjamin Pierce, US mathematician/astronomer   

1814  On April - 04 birth of john Blair Smith Todd, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1872   

1817  John Wilson Sprague, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1893 was born on this day in history.   

1818  Thomas Mayne Reid, Irish-American novelist (d. 1883) was born on this day in history.   

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

1820  On this day in history birth of charles Devens Jr, Major General, Bvt (Union volunteers), died in 1891   

1821  On April - 04 birth of linus Yale, US, portrait painter/inventor (Yale cylinder lock)   

1823  Karl Wilhelm Siemens, inventor (laid undersea cables) was born on April - 04.   

1823  Robert Byington Mitchell, Brig General (Union volunteers) was born on April - 04.   

1826  Zénobe Gramme, Belgian engineer (d. 1901) was born on this day in history.   

1828  On this day in history birth of margaret Oliphant, Scotland, novelist/biographer (Beleaguered City)   

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

0636  On April - 04 death of saint Isidore of Seville, Church Father and the proposed patron of Internet (b. cira 560)   

0896  Formosus, Pope (891-96), dies on this day in history.   

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

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

1292  On April - 04 nicholas IV, [Girolamo Masci], Pope (1288-92), dies   

1305  On this day in history death of jeanne of Navarre, wife of Philip IV of France (b. circa 1217)   

1393  On April - 04 floris van Wevelinkhoven, bishop of Utrecht, dies