Famous Birthdays In April - 04

1492  Ambrosius Blarer, German reformer (d. 1564) was born on April - 04.  

1527  On April - 04 birth of abraham Ortelius, [Ortels/Hortels], South Neth geographer  

1572  William Strachey, English writer (d. 1621) was born on this day in history.  

1593  Edward Nicholas, English statesman (d. 1669) was born on April - 04.  

1646  On this day in history birth of antoine Galland, French archaeologist (d. 1715)  

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

1688  Joseph-Nicolas Delisle, French astronomer (d. 1768) was born on April - 04.  

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

1716  John Evangelist Schreiber, composer was born on April - 04.  

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

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1731  On April - 04 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 April - 04.  

1758  On this day in history birth of john Hoppner, portrait painter  

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

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

1785  On April - 04 birth of bettina Brentano, composer  

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  On April - 04 birth of thaddeus Stevens, US Radical Republican congressional leader (Rep-R)  

1802  On this day in history 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 April - 04 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 April - 04.  

1818  Thomas Mayne Reid, Irish-American novelist (d. 1883) was born on April - 04.  

1819  Queen Maria II of Portugal (d. 1853) was born on April - 04.  

1820  On this day in history birth of charles Devens Jr, Major General, Bvt (Union volunteers), died in 1891  

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  Robert Byington Mitchell, Brig General (Union volunteers) was born on April - 04.  

1826  On April - 04 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  On this day in history ambrosius, gov of Liguria/bishop of Milan (374-97)/saint, dies  

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

0896  On April - 04 formosus, Pope (891-96), dies  

1229  Hugo van Pierrepont, bishop of Liege, dies on April - 04.  

1284  Alfonso X, "El Sabio" King of Castile/Leon (1252-84), dies at 62 on this day in history.  

1292  Nicholas IV, [Girolamo Masci], Pope (1288-92), dies on this day in history.  

1305  On this day in history death of jeanne of Navarre, wife of Philip IV of France (b. circa 1217)  

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