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

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

1648  On this day in history birth of grinling Gibbons, sculptor/woodcarver  

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

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

1716  John Evangelist Schreiber, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1731  Francisco Morera, composer was born on April - 04.  

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

1752  Niccolo Antonio Zingarelli, composer (Andromeda) was born on this day in history.  

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  Bettina Brentano, composer was born on April - 04.  

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

1786  On this day in history birth of john Franklin, British explorer (Arctic)  

1792  On April - 04 birth of thaddeus Stevens, US Radical Republican congressional leader (Rep-R)  

1802  Dorothea Dix, American social activist (d. 1887) was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1817  On this day in history birth of john Wilson Sprague, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1893  

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

1819  On this day in history 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 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  On this day in history birth of robert Byington Mitchell, Brig General (Union volunteers)  

1826  On April - 04 birth of zénobe Gramme, Belgian engineer (d. 1901)  

1828  On this day in history birth of margaret Oliphant, Scotland, novelist/biographer (Beleaguered City)  

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

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

0896  Formosus, Pope (891-96), dies on April - 04.  

1229  Hugo van Pierrepont, bishop of Liege, dies on this day in history.  

1284  On April - 04 alfonso X, "El Sabio" King of Castile/Leon (1252-84), dies at 62  

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 this day in history.  

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