Famous Birthdays In April - 04

1492  Ambrosius Blarer, German reformer (d. 1564) was born on this day in history.  

1527  On April - 04 birth of abraham Ortelius, [Ortels/Hortels], South Neth geographer  

1572  William Strachey, English writer (d. 1621) was born on this day in history.  

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  Grinling Gibbons, sculptor/woodcarver was born on April - 04.  

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  On this day in history 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 April - 04.  

1740  On this day in history 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  Nachman of Breslov, Ukrainian founder of Breslov Hasidut (d. 1810) was born on April - 04.  

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  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 April - 04.  

1809  On April - 04 birth of benjamin Pierce, US mathematician/astronomer  

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

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 this day in history.  

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

1820  Charles Devens Jr, Major General, Bvt (Union volunteers), died in 1891 was born on April - 04.  

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 April - 04.  

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

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  On this day in history ambrosius, gov of Liguria/bishop of Milan (374-97)/saint, dies  

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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1292  On this day in history nicholas IV, [Girolamo Masci], Pope (1288-92), dies  

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 this day in history.