Famous Birthdays In April - 04
Tuesday, 19 March 2024
1492 Ambrosius Blarer, German reformer (d. 1564) was born on this day in history.
1527 On April - 04 birth of abraham Ortelius, [Ortels/Hortels], South Neth geographer
1572 On this day in history birth of william Strachey, English writer (d. 1621)
1593 Edward Nicholas, English statesman (d. 1669) was born on April - 04.
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 John Evangelist Schreiber, composer was born on April - 04.
1718 On April - 04 birth of benjamin Kennicott, English churchman and Hebrew scholar (d. 1783)
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 April - 04.
1755 Vincenc Masek, composer was born on this day in history.
1758 On this day in history birth of john Hoppner, portrait painter
1762 On this day in history birth of stephen Storace, composer
1772 Nachman of Breslov, Ukrainian founder of Breslov Hasidut (d. 1810) was born on April - 04.
1785 On April - 04 birth of bettina Brentano, composer
1785 Bettina von Arnim, German writer (This Book Belongs to the King) was born on this day in history.
1786 On this day in history 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 Dorothea Dix, American social activist (d. 1887) was born on this day in history.
1804 Joseph Fischhof, composer was born on April - 04.
1809 Benjamin Pierce, US mathematician/astronomer was born on April - 04.
1814 John Blair Smith Todd, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1872 was born on this day in history.
1817 John Wilson Sprague, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1893 was born on April - 04.
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 On April - 04 birth of charles Devens Jr, Major General, Bvt (Union volunteers), died in 1891
1821 On this day in history 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 April - 04 birth of zénobe Gramme, Belgian engineer (d. 1901)
1828 Margaret Oliphant, Scotland, novelist/biographer (Beleaguered City) was born on this day in history.