Famous Personalities Born In April - 04
Friday, 23 May 2025
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 April - 04 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 this day in history.
1648 Grinling Gibbons, sculptor/woodcarver was born on April - 04.
1688 Joseph-Nicolas Delisle, French astronomer (d. 1768) was born on this day in history.
1696 Giovanni Battista Tiepoldo, painter was born on this day in history.
1716 John Evangelist Schreiber, composer was born on April - 04.
1718 Benjamin Kennicott, English churchman and Hebrew scholar (d. 1783) was born on this day in history.
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 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 this day in history.
1786 On this day in history 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 Dorothea Dix, American social activist (d. 1887) was born on April - 04.
1804 Joseph Fischhof, composer was born on April - 04.
1809 Benjamin Pierce, US mathematician/astronomer was born on this day in history.
1814 On April - 04 birth of john Blair Smith Todd, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1872
1817 On this day in history 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 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 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 Margaret Oliphant, Scotland, novelist/biographer (Beleaguered City) was born on April - 04.