Famous Birthdays In April - 04
Tuesday, 12 November 2024
1492 On this day in history birth of ambrosius Blarer, German reformer (d. 1564)
1527 Abraham Ortelius, [Ortels/Hortels], South Neth geographer was born on April - 04.
1572 William Strachey, English writer (d. 1621) was born on April - 04.
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 On April - 04 birth of grinling Gibbons, sculptor/woodcarver
1688 On April - 04 birth of joseph-Nicolas Delisle, French astronomer (d. 1768)
1696 Giovanni Battista Tiepoldo, painter was born on this day in history.
1716 On this day in history birth of john Evangelist Schreiber, composer
1718 Benjamin Kennicott, English churchman and Hebrew scholar (d. 1783) was born on April - 04.
1731 Francisco Morera, composer was born on this day in history.
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 April - 04.
1758 John Hoppner, portrait painter was born on April - 04.
1762 Stephen Storace, composer was born on this day in history.
1772 On this day in history 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 April - 04.
1786 John Franklin, British explorer (Arctic) was born on this day in history.
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 April - 04 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 John Wilson Sprague, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1893 was born on this day in history.
1818 On this day in history birth of thomas Mayne Reid, Irish-American novelist (d. 1883)
1819 Queen Maria II of Portugal (d. 1853) was born on April - 04.
1820 Charles Devens Jr, Major General, Bvt (Union volunteers), died in 1891 was born on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1823 On April - 04 birth of robert Byington Mitchell, Brig General (Union volunteers)
1826 On this day in history birth of zénobe Gramme, Belgian engineer (d. 1901)
1828 Margaret Oliphant, Scotland, novelist/biographer (Beleaguered City) was born on April - 04.