Famous Personalities Born In April - 04

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

1527  Abraham Ortelius, [Ortels/Hortels], South Neth geographer was born on this day in history.   

1572  William Strachey, English writer (d. 1621) was born on April - 04.   

1593  On this day in history birth of edward Nicholas, English statesman (d. 1669)   

1646  On April - 04 birth of antoine Galland, French archaeologist (d. 1715)   

1648  Grinling Gibbons, sculptor/woodcarver was born on this day in history.   

1688  Joseph-Nicolas Delisle, French astronomer (d. 1768) was born on this day in history.   

1696  Giovanni Battista Tiepoldo, painter was born on April - 04.   

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)   

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

1740  On this day in history birth of wolfgang Nicolaus Haueisen, composer   

1752  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 this day in history 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 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 April - 04.   

1817  John Wilson Sprague, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1893 was born on this day in history.   

1818  Thomas Mayne Reid, Irish-American novelist (d. 1883) was born on this day in history.   

1819  On this day in history birth of queen Maria II of Portugal (d. 1853)   

1820  On April - 04 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 this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of zénobe Gramme, Belgian engineer (d. 1901)   

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

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

0636  On this day in history death of saint Isidore of Seville, Church Father and the proposed patron of Internet (b. cira 560)   

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

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 this day in history.   

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