Famous Birthdays In April - 04
Monday, 30 January 2023
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 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 On April - 04 birth of antoine Galland, French archaeologist (d. 1715)
1648 On April - 04 birth of grinling Gibbons, sculptor/woodcarver
1688 Joseph-Nicolas Delisle, French astronomer (d. 1768) was born on this day in history.
1696 On April - 04 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 this day in history.
1731 Francisco Morera, composer was born on this day in history.
1740 On April - 04 birth of wolfgang Nicolaus Haueisen, composer
1752 On this day in history birth of niccolo Antonio Zingarelli, composer (Andromeda)
1755 On this day in history birth of vincenc Masek, composer
1758 On this day in history birth of john Hoppner, portrait painter
1762 On this day in history birth of stephen Storace, composer
1772 Nachman of Breslov, Ukrainian founder of Breslov Hasidut (d. 1810) was born on this day in history.
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 Thaddeus Stevens, US Radical Republican congressional leader (Rep-R) was born on this day in history.
1802 On April - 04 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 this day in history.
1817 On April - 04 birth of john Wilson Sprague, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1893
1818 On April - 04 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 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 Zénobe Gramme, Belgian engineer (d. 1901) was born on this day in history.
1828 On this day in history birth of margaret Oliphant, Scotland, novelist/biographer (Beleaguered City)