Famous Birthdays In April - 04

1492  On this day in history birth of ambrosius Blarer, German reformer (d. 1564)  

1527  Abraham Ortelius, [Ortels/Hortels], South Neth geographer was born on April - 04.  

1572  On this day in history birth of william Strachey, English writer (d. 1621)  

1593  Edward Nicholas, English statesman (d. 1669) was born on this day in history.  

1646  On April - 04 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 this day in history.  

1696  On April - 04 birth of giovanni Battista Tiepoldo, painter  

1716  On April - 04 birth of john Evangelist Schreiber, composer  

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

1731  Francisco Morera, composer was born on this day in history.  

1740  On April - 04 birth of wolfgang Nicolaus Haueisen, composer  

1752  On this day in history birth of niccolo Antonio Zingarelli, composer (Andromeda)  

1755  On this day in history 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  Nachman of Breslov, Ukrainian founder of Breslov Hasidut (d. 1810) was born on this day in history.  

1785  Bettina Brentano, composer was born on this day in history.  

1785  On April - 04 birth of bettina von Arnim, German writer (This Book Belongs to the King)  

1786  On April - 04 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  On April - 04 birth of dorothea Dix, American social activist (d. 1887)  

1804  Joseph Fischhof, composer was born on this day in history.  

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  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  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  Linus Yale, US, portrait painter/inventor (Yale cylinder lock) was born on April - 04.  

1823  Karl Wilhelm Siemens, inventor (laid undersea cables) was born on April - 04.  

1823  Robert Byington Mitchell, Brig General (Union volunteers) was born on April - 04.  

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

1828  On this day in history 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  On April - 04 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  Alfonso X, "El Sabio" King of Castile/Leon (1252-84), dies at 62 on April - 04.  

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

1305  Death of Jeanne of Navarre, wife of Philip IV of France (b. circa 1217) on April - 04.  

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