Famous Birthdays In April - 04

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

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

1572  On this day in history birth of william Strachey, English writer (d. 1621)  

1593  On this day in history birth of edward Nicholas, English statesman (d. 1669)  

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

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 April - 04 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 April - 04.  

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

1740  On this day in history birth of wolfgang Nicolaus Haueisen, composer  

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

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

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

1762  Stephen Storace, composer was born on this day in history.  

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  Bettina von Arnim, German writer (This Book Belongs to the King) was born on April - 04.  

1786  On this day in history 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  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  On April - 04 birth of benjamin Pierce, US mathematician/astronomer  

1814  John Blair Smith Todd, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1872 was born on April - 04.  

1817  On April - 04 birth of john Wilson Sprague, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1893  

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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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)  

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0397  On this day in history ambrosius, gov of Liguria/bishop of Milan (374-97)/saint, dies  

0636  Death of Saint Isidore of Seville, Church Father and the proposed patron of Internet (b. cira 560) on this day in history.  

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

1229  On this day in history 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  Nicholas IV, [Girolamo Masci], Pope (1288-92), dies on this day in history.  

1305  Death of Jeanne of Navarre, wife of Philip IV of France (b. circa 1217) on April - 04.  

1393  Floris van Wevelinkhoven, bishop of Utrecht, dies on this day in history.