Famous Personalities Born In April - 04

1492  On this day in history birth of ambrosius Blarer, German reformer (d. 1564)   

1527  On this day in history birth of abraham Ortelius, [Ortels/Hortels], South Neth geographer   

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

1688  On April - 04 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 this day in history.   

1731  On this day in history birth of francisco Morera, composer   

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

1752  On April - 04 birth of niccolo Antonio Zingarelli, composer (Andromeda)   

1755  Vincenc Masek, composer was born on April - 04.   

1758  John Hoppner, portrait painter was born on April - 04.   

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

1772  On this day in history birth of nachman of Breslov, Ukrainian founder of Breslov Hasidut (d. 1810)   

1785  On this day in history birth of bettina Brentano, composer   

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

1786  John Franklin, British explorer (Arctic) was born on April - 04.   

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

1802  On this day in history birth of dorothea Dix, American social activist (d. 1887)   

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

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 April - 04.   

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 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  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 this day in history.   

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

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  Nicholas IV, [Girolamo Masci], Pope (1288-92), dies on April - 04.   

1305  On this day in history death of jeanne of Navarre, wife of Philip IV of France (b. circa 1217)   

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