Famous Personalities Born In April - 04

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

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

1572  On April - 04 birth of william Strachey, English writer (d. 1621)   

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

1646  Antoine Galland, French archaeologist (d. 1715) was born on April - 04.   

1648  Grinling Gibbons, sculptor/woodcarver was born on this day in history.   

1688  On this day in history birth of joseph-Nicolas Delisle, French astronomer (d. 1768)   

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

1716  On April - 04 birth of john Evangelist Schreiber, composer   

1718  Benjamin Kennicott, English churchman and Hebrew scholar (d. 1783) was born on April - 04.   

1731  Francisco Morera, composer was born on this day in history.   

1740  Wolfgang Nicolaus Haueisen, composer was born on April - 04.   

1752  Niccolo Antonio Zingarelli, composer (Andromeda) was born on April - 04.   

1755  On April - 04 birth of vincenc Masek, composer   

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

1762  On this day in history birth of stephen Storace, composer   

1772  On April - 04 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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1804  On April - 04 birth of joseph Fischhof, composer   

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  John Wilson Sprague, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1893 was born on this day in history.   

1818  On this day in history birth of thomas Mayne Reid, Irish-American novelist (d. 1883)   

1819  Queen Maria II of Portugal (d. 1853) was born on this day in history.   

1820  On April - 04 birth of charles Devens Jr, Major General, Bvt (Union volunteers), died in 1891   

1821  On April - 04 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  Zénobe Gramme, Belgian engineer (d. 1901) was born on April - 04.   

1828  Margaret Oliphant, Scotland, novelist/biographer (Beleaguered City) was born on this day in history.   

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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 this day in history.   

1229  On April - 04 hugo van Pierrepont, bishop of Liege, dies   

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

1393  On April - 04 floris van Wevelinkhoven, bishop of Utrecht, dies