Famous Birthdays In April - 04

1492  Ambrosius Blarer, German reformer (d. 1564) was born on April - 04.  

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

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

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 April - 04 birth of grinling Gibbons, sculptor/woodcarver  

1688  Joseph-Nicolas Delisle, French astronomer (d. 1768) was born on April - 04.  

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

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 this day in history.  

1731  Francisco Morera, composer was born on April - 04.  

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

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

1755  On April - 04 birth of vincenc Masek, composer  

1758  On April - 04 birth of john Hoppner, portrait painter  

1762  On this day in history 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  Bettina von Arnim, German writer (This Book Belongs to the King) was born on this day in history.  

1786  On April - 04 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  Joseph Fischhof, composer was born on April - 04.  

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  Thomas Mayne Reid, Irish-American novelist (d. 1883) was born on April - 04.  

1819  On April - 04 birth of queen Maria II of Portugal (d. 1853)  

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  Robert Byington Mitchell, Brig General (Union volunteers) was born on this day in history.  

1826  On April - 04 birth of zénobe Gramme, Belgian engineer (d. 1901)  

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

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0397  Ambrosius, gov of Liguria/bishop of Milan (374-97)/saint, dies on April - 04.  

0636  On this day in history death of saint Isidore of Seville, Church Father and the proposed patron of Internet (b. cira 560)  

0896  On April - 04 formosus, Pope (891-96), dies  

1229  On this day in history hugo van Pierrepont, bishop of Liege, dies  

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

1393  On this day in history floris van Wevelinkhoven, bishop of Utrecht, dies