Famous Birthdays In April - 05

1288  On April - 05 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  On this day in history birth of blaise de Vigenère, French cryptographer (d. 1596)   

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

1595  John Wilson, composer was born on this day in history.   

1598  On this day in history birth of laurentius Erhard, composer   

1604  On this day in history birth of charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1675)   

1622  Vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician (d. 1703) was born on this day in history.   

1626  On April - 05 birth of jan van Kessel, Flemish painter   

1643  On April - 05 birth of charles V Leopold, Duke of Lorraine/fieldmarshal in Austria   

1649  On April - 05 birth of elihu Yale, England, philanthropist founded Yale   

1692  Adrienne Lecouvreur, French actress (d. 1730) was born on April - 05.   

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  Jean-Honoré Fragonard, French artist (d. 1806) was born on April - 05.   

1752  Sébastien Érard, French musical instruments maker (d. 1831) was born on this day in history.   

1784  Louis [Ludwig] Spohr, Germany, violin virtuoso/composer (Faust) was born on April - 05.   

1784  On this day in history birth of ludwig Spohr, composer   

1788  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of vincenzo Fioravanti, composer   

1816  On this day in history birth of samuel Freeman Miller, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1890)   

1818  Lewis Baldwin Parsons, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) was born on this day in history.   

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

1822  James Nagle, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1866 was born on April - 05.   

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 April - 05.   

1827  Joseph Lister, England, physician (founded aseptic surgery) was born on this day in history.   

1828  On April - 05 birth of pietro Plantania, composer   

1830  On April - 05 birth of alexander Muir, Lesmahagow Scotland, poet (Maple Leaf Forever)   

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

1837  On this day in history birth of algernon Charles Swinburne, England, poet (Atalanta in Calydon)   

1838  On April - 05 birth of alpheus Hyatt, US, invertebrate paleontologist   

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

0828  On this day in history nicephorus, patriarch of Constantinopel (806-15), dies at about 77   

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

1258  Julian of Cornillon/Liege, Flemish visionary/saint, dies on April - 05.   

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

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

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

1605  On this day in history death of adam Loftus, English Protestant archbishop in Ireland (c.1513)