Famous Personalities Born In April - 04

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1648  Grinling Gibbons, sculptor/woodcarver was born on April - 04.   

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

1696  Giovanni Battista Tiepoldo, painter was born on this day in history.   

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 April - 04 birth of francisco Morera, composer   

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

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

1755  Vincenc Masek, composer was born on April - 04.   

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

1762  Stephen Storace, composer was born on April - 04.   

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  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 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  John Blair Smith Todd, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1872 was born on April - 04.   

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

1823  On this day in history 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 April - 04.   

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

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0397  On this day in history ambrosius, gov of Liguria/bishop of Milan (374-97)/saint, dies   

0636  On this day in history 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  Hugo van Pierrepont, bishop of Liege, dies on this day in history.   

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

1292  On this day in history nicholas IV, [Girolamo Masci], Pope (1288-92), dies   

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

1393  Floris van Wevelinkhoven, bishop of Utrecht, dies on April - 04.