Famous Birthdays In April - 04

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

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 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 April - 04.  

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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  On April - 04 birth of vincenc Masek, composer  

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

1762  On this day in history birth of stephen Storace, composer  

1772  On this day in history birth of nachman of Breslov, Ukrainian founder of Breslov Hasidut (d. 1810)  

1785  On April - 04 birth of bettina Brentano, composer  

1785  On this day in history birth of bettina von Arnim, German writer (This Book Belongs to the King)  

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 this day in history.  

1802  On this day in history birth of dorothea Dix, American social activist (d. 1887)  

1804  On this day in history 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 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  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 April - 04.  

1821  On this day in history birth of linus Yale, US, portrait painter/inventor (Yale cylinder lock)  

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

1823  Robert Byington Mitchell, Brig General (Union volunteers) was born on this day in history.  

1826  Zénobe Gramme, Belgian engineer (d. 1901) was born on this day in history.  

1828  Margaret Oliphant, Scotland, novelist/biographer (Beleaguered City) was born on April - 04.  

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0397  On April - 04 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 this day in history.  

0896  On this day in history 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 April - 04.  

1305  On April - 04 death of jeanne of Navarre, wife of Philip IV of France (b. circa 1217)  

1393  Floris van Wevelinkhoven, bishop of Utrecht, dies on this day in history.