Famous Personalities Born In April - 04

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

1527  Abraham Ortelius, [Ortels/Hortels], South Neth geographer was born on this day in history.   

1572  William Strachey, English writer (d. 1621) was born on April - 04.   

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

1646  On this day in history birth of antoine Galland, French archaeologist (d. 1715)   

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

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

1696  On April - 04 birth of giovanni Battista Tiepoldo, painter   

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

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

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

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

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  On April - 04 birth of stephen Storace, composer   

1772  On this day in history birth of nachman of Breslov, Ukrainian founder of Breslov Hasidut (d. 1810)   

1785  Bettina Brentano, composer was born on this day in history.   

1785  On April - 04 birth of bettina von Arnim, German writer (This Book Belongs to the King)   

1786  On April - 04 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  On this day in history birth of dorothea Dix, American social activist (d. 1887)   

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 this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1819  Queen Maria II of Portugal (d. 1853) was born on April - 04.   

1820  On this day in history birth of charles Devens Jr, Major General, Bvt (Union volunteers), died in 1891   

1821  Linus Yale, US, portrait painter/inventor (Yale cylinder lock) was born on April - 04.   

1823  On this day in history birth of karl Wilhelm Siemens, inventor (laid undersea cables)   

1823  Robert Byington Mitchell, Brig General (Union volunteers) was born on April - 04.   

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

1828  On this day in history 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  Formosus, Pope (891-96), dies on April - 04.   

1229  Hugo van Pierrepont, bishop of Liege, dies on April - 04.   

1284  On April - 04 alfonso X, "El Sabio" King of Castile/Leon (1252-84), dies at 62   

1292  On this day in history nicholas IV, [Girolamo Masci], Pope (1288-92), dies   

1305  On April - 04 death of jeanne of Navarre, wife of Philip IV of France (b. circa 1217)   

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