Famous Birthdays In April - 04

1492  On April - 04 birth of ambrosius Blarer, German reformer (d. 1564)  

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

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

1593  Edward Nicholas, English statesman (d. 1669) was born on this day in history.  

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  Joseph-Nicolas Delisle, French astronomer (d. 1768) was born on this day in history.  

1696  Giovanni Battista Tiepoldo, painter was born on this day in history.  

1716  John Evangelist Schreiber, composer was born on April - 04.  

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  Wolfgang Nicolaus Haueisen, composer was born on April - 04.  

1752  On this day in history birth of niccolo Antonio Zingarelli, composer (Andromeda)  

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

1758  On this day in history 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 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 this day in history birth of john Franklin, British explorer (Arctic)  

1792  On April - 04 birth of thaddeus Stevens, US Radical Republican congressional leader (Rep-R)  

1802  Dorothea Dix, American social activist (d. 1887) was born on this day in history.  

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

1809  Benjamin Pierce, US mathematician/astronomer was born on this day in history.  

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

1817  On April - 04 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  Queen Maria II of Portugal (d. 1853) was born on this day in history.  

1820  On this day in history birth of charles Devens Jr, Major General, Bvt (Union volunteers), died in 1891  

1821  On this day in history birth of linus Yale, US, portrait painter/inventor (Yale cylinder lock)  

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

1823  On this day in history birth of robert Byington Mitchell, Brig General (Union volunteers)  

1826  On this day in history birth of zénobe Gramme, Belgian engineer (d. 1901)  

1828  On this day in history birth of margaret Oliphant, Scotland, novelist/biographer (Beleaguered City)  

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0397  On April - 04 ambrosius, gov of Liguria/bishop of Milan (374-97)/saint, dies  

0636  On April - 04 death of saint Isidore of Seville, Church Father and the proposed patron of Internet (b. cira 560)  

0896  Formosus, Pope (891-96), dies on April - 04.  

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 April - 04.  

1292  Nicholas IV, [Girolamo Masci], Pope (1288-92), dies on April - 04.  

1305  On April - 04 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