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  William Strachey, English writer (d. 1621) was born on April - 04.  

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

1646  Antoine Galland, French archaeologist (d. 1715) was born on this day in history.  

1648  On April - 04 birth of grinling Gibbons, sculptor/woodcarver  

1688  On this day in history birth of joseph-Nicolas Delisle, French astronomer (d. 1768)  

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

1716  On April - 04 birth of john Evangelist Schreiber, composer  

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

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

1740  Wolfgang Nicolaus Haueisen, composer was born on April - 04.  

1752  Niccolo Antonio Zingarelli, composer (Andromeda) was born on this day in history.  

1755  On this day in history birth of vincenc Masek, composer  

1758  John Hoppner, portrait painter was born on this day in history.  

1762  On April - 04 birth of stephen Storace, composer  

1772  On April - 04 birth of nachman of Breslov, Ukrainian founder of Breslov Hasidut (d. 1810)  

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 this day in history 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  On April - 04 birth of dorothea Dix, American social activist (d. 1887)  

1804  Joseph Fischhof, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1814  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of thomas Mayne Reid, Irish-American novelist (d. 1883)  

1819  On April - 04 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  Linus Yale, US, portrait painter/inventor (Yale cylinder lock) was born on April - 04.  

1823  On April - 04 birth of karl Wilhelm Siemens, inventor (laid undersea cables)  

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  On April - 04 birth of margaret Oliphant, Scotland, novelist/biographer (Beleaguered City)  

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

0636  Death of Saint Isidore of Seville, Church Father and the proposed patron of Internet (b. cira 560) on April - 04.  

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

1229  On April - 04 hugo van Pierrepont, bishop of Liege, dies  

1284  Alfonso X, "El Sabio" King of Castile/Leon (1252-84), dies at 62 on April - 04.  

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

1305  Death of Jeanne of Navarre, wife of Philip IV of France (b. circa 1217) on April - 04.  

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