Famous Birthdays In April - 04

1492  On April - 04 birth of ambrosius Blarer, German reformer (d. 1564)  

1527  Abraham Ortelius, [Ortels/Hortels], South Neth geographer was born on this day in history.  

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

1593  On April - 04 birth of edward Nicholas, English statesman (d. 1669)  

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

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  On April - 04 birth of john Evangelist Schreiber, composer  

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

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1731  On this day in history birth of francisco Morera, composer  

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

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

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

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

1762  Stephen Storace, composer was born on this day in history.  

1772  Nachman of Breslov, Ukrainian founder of Breslov Hasidut (d. 1810) was born on this day in history.  

1785  On April - 04 birth of bettina Brentano, composer  

1785  On April - 04 birth of bettina von Arnim, German writer (This Book Belongs to the King)  

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

1792  Thaddeus Stevens, US Radical Republican congressional leader (Rep-R) was born on this day in history.  

1802  On April - 04 birth of dorothea Dix, American social activist (d. 1887)  

1804  On this day in history birth of joseph Fischhof, composer  

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

1814  John Blair Smith Todd, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1872 was born on this day in history.  

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  On April - 04 birth of charles Devens Jr, Major General, Bvt (Union volunteers), died in 1891  

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

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  On this day in history birth of zénobe Gramme, Belgian engineer (d. 1901)  

1828  Margaret Oliphant, Scotland, novelist/biographer (Beleaguered City) was born on this day in history.  

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0397  Ambrosius, gov of Liguria/bishop of Milan (374-97)/saint, dies on April - 04.  

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 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 April - 04.  

1305  Death of Jeanne of Navarre, wife of Philip IV of France (b. circa 1217) on this day in history.  

1393  On this day in history floris van Wevelinkhoven, bishop of Utrecht, dies