Famous Birthdays In April - 04

1492  On this day in history 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  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 April - 04.  

1696  On this day in history birth of giovanni Battista Tiepoldo, painter  

1716  On this day in history birth of john Evangelist Schreiber, composer  

1718  On April - 04 birth of benjamin Kennicott, English churchman and Hebrew scholar (d. 1783)  

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1731  On April - 04 birth of francisco Morera, composer  

1740  Wolfgang Nicolaus Haueisen, composer was born on this day in history.  

1752  On April - 04 birth of niccolo Antonio Zingarelli, composer (Andromeda)  

1755  Vincenc Masek, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1772  On April - 04 birth of nachman of Breslov, Ukrainian founder of Breslov Hasidut (d. 1810)  

1785  On April - 04 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 April - 04 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  Joseph Fischhof, composer was born on this day in history.  

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 April - 04.  

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  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 April - 04.  

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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 April - 04.  

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 April - 04.  

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 April - 04.