Famous Birthdays In April - 04

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

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

1572  On April - 04 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 this day in history birth of giovanni Battista Tiepoldo, painter  

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

1718  On April - 04 birth of benjamin Kennicott, English churchman and Hebrew scholar (d. 1783)  

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1731  On April - 04 birth of francisco Morera, composer  

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 April - 04.  

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

1762  Stephen Storace, composer was born on this day in history.  

1772  On April - 04 birth of nachman of Breslov, Ukrainian founder of Breslov Hasidut (d. 1810)  

1785  On April - 04 birth of bettina Brentano, composer  

1785  Bettina von Arnim, German writer (This Book Belongs to the King) was born on April - 04.  

1786  On April - 04 birth of john Franklin, British explorer (Arctic)  

1792  Thaddeus Stevens, US Radical Republican congressional leader (Rep-R) was born on April - 04.  

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

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

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

1814  John Blair Smith Todd, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1872 was born on April - 04.  

1817  John Wilson Sprague, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1893 was born on April - 04.  

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 this day in history 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  Robert Byington Mitchell, Brig General (Union volunteers) was born on April - 04.  

1826  Zénobe Gramme, Belgian engineer (d. 1901) was born on April - 04.  

1828  On April - 04 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  On this day in history 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 April - 04 hugo van Pierrepont, bishop of Liege, dies  

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

1292  On April - 04 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  On this day in history floris van Wevelinkhoven, bishop of Utrecht, dies