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

1593  On April - 04 birth of edward Nicholas, English statesman (d. 1669)  

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  On this day in history birth of joseph-Nicolas Delisle, French astronomer (d. 1768)  

1696  On this day in history birth of giovanni Battista Tiepoldo, painter  

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

1718  On this day in history birth of benjamin Kennicott, English churchman and Hebrew scholar (d. 1783)  

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

1740  Wolfgang Nicolaus Haueisen, composer was born on this day in history.  

1752  Niccolo Antonio Zingarelli, composer (Andromeda) was born on April - 04.  

1755  Vincenc Masek, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1772  Nachman of Breslov, Ukrainian founder of Breslov Hasidut (d. 1810) was born on April - 04.  

1785  On April - 04 birth of bettina Brentano, composer  

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 this day in history birth of thaddeus Stevens, US Radical Republican congressional leader (Rep-R)  

1802  Dorothea Dix, American social activist (d. 1887) was born on April - 04.  

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

1809  Benjamin Pierce, US mathematician/astronomer was born on this day in history.  

1814  On this day in history birth of john Blair Smith Todd, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1872  

1817  On April - 04 birth of john Wilson Sprague, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1893  

1818  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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 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 this day in history.  

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0397  On April - 04 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 this day in history.  

1229  On this day in history hugo van Pierrepont, bishop of Liege, dies  

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.