Famous Birthdays In April - 05

1288  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (d. 1336)   

1472  On April - 05 birth of bianca Maria Sforza, wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1510)   

1523  Blaise de Vigenère, French cryptographer (d. 1596) was born on April - 05.   

1588  On April - 05 birth of thomas Hobbes, England, philosopher (Leviathan)   

1595  On April - 05 birth of john Wilson, composer   

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

1604  Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1675) was born on this day in history.   

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

1626  Jan van Kessel, Flemish painter was born on April - 05.   

1643  On April - 05 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  Adrienne Lecouvreur, French actress (d. 1730) was born on this day in history.   

1698  Georg Gottfried Wagner, composer was born on April - 05.   

1725  Giacomo Casanova, Italian writer/philanderer/adventurer (uncertain) was born on April - 05.   

1727  On this day in history birth of pasquale Ankossi, composer   

1732  On this day in history birth of jean-Honoré Fragonard, French artist (d. 1806)   

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 this day in history.   

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

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  Vincenzo Fioravanti, composer was born on April - 05.   

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

1818  On April - 05 birth of lewis Baldwin Parsons, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

1820  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of sydney Thompson Dobell, poet (Roman)   

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  Pietro Plantania, composer was born on this day in history.   

1830  Alexander Muir, Lesmahagow Scotland, poet (Maple Leaf Forever) was born on this day in history.   

1832  Jules-Francois Camille Ferry, French statesman was born on April - 05.   

1837  On April - 05 birth of algernon Charles Swinburne, England, poet (Atalanta in Calydon)   

1838  Alpheus Hyatt, US, invertebrate paleontologist was born on April - 05.   

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

0828  On April - 05 nicephorus, patriarch of Constantinopel (806-15), dies at about 77   

1168  On April - 05 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  On April - 05 ramban Nachmanides, Talmudic scholar (Hiddushei Ha-Ramden), dies   

1419  Death of Vincent Ferrer, Spanish missionary and saint (b. 1350) on April - 05.   

1531  Death of Richard Roose, boiled to death for trying to poison an archbishop on this day in history.   

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