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

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

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

1696  On this day in history 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 April - 04.  

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

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 this day in history.  

1758  On April - 04 birth of john Hoppner, portrait painter  

1762  On April - 04 birth of stephen Storace, composer  

1772  Nachman of Breslov, Ukrainian founder of Breslov Hasidut (d. 1810) was born on this day in history.  

1785  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of dorothea Dix, American social activist (d. 1887)  

1804  On this day in history birth of joseph Fischhof, composer  

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

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

1823  On April - 04 birth of karl Wilhelm Siemens, inventor (laid undersea cables)  

1823  On April - 04 birth of robert Byington Mitchell, Brig General (Union volunteers)  

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

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  Death of Saint Isidore of Seville, Church Father and the proposed patron of Internet (b. cira 560) on this day in history.  

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

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 April - 04.  

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  On this day in history floris van Wevelinkhoven, bishop of Utrecht, dies