Famous Personalities Born 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 April - 04.   

1593  On April - 04 birth of edward Nicholas, English statesman (d. 1669)   

1646  Antoine Galland, French archaeologist (d. 1715) was born on this day in history.   

1648  Grinling Gibbons, sculptor/woodcarver was born on April - 04.   

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

1718  On this day in history birth of benjamin Kennicott, English churchman and Hebrew scholar (d. 1783)   

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

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

1752  Niccolo Antonio Zingarelli, composer (Andromeda) was born on this day in history.   

1755  On April - 04 birth of vincenc Masek, composer   

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

1762  On April - 04 birth of stephen Storace, composer   

1772  Nachman of Breslov, Ukrainian founder of Breslov Hasidut (d. 1810) was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of thaddeus Stevens, US Radical Republican congressional leader (Rep-R)   

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

1804  On April - 04 birth of joseph Fischhof, composer   

1809  On this day in history birth of benjamin Pierce, US mathematician/astronomer   

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

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

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  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  On April - 04 birth of robert Byington Mitchell, Brig General (Union volunteers)   

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  Death of Saint Isidore of Seville, Church Father and the proposed patron of Internet (b. cira 560) on this day in history.   

0896  On this day in history formosus, Pope (891-96), dies   

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

1284  On this day in history 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 April - 04 floris van Wevelinkhoven, bishop of Utrecht, dies