Famous Birthdays In April - 04

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

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

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

1593  On April - 04 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 this day in history.  

1696  Giovanni Battista Tiepoldo, painter was born on April - 04.  

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 this day in history birth of francisco Morera, composer  

1740  Wolfgang Nicolaus Haueisen, composer was born on April - 04.  

1752  Niccolo Antonio Zingarelli, composer (Andromeda) was born on April - 04.  

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

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

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 this day in history.  

1785  Bettina Brentano, composer was born on April - 04.  

1785  Bettina von Arnim, German writer (This Book Belongs to the King) was born on April - 04.  

1786  John Franklin, British explorer (Arctic) was born on April - 04.  

1792  Thaddeus Stevens, US Radical Republican congressional leader (Rep-R) was born on April - 04.  

1802  Dorothea Dix, American social activist (d. 1887) was born on April - 04.  

1804  Joseph Fischhof, composer was born on this day in history.  

1809  Benjamin Pierce, US mathematician/astronomer was born on this day in history.  

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 April - 04.  

1819  Queen Maria II of Portugal (d. 1853) was born on this day in history.  

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

1821  On this day in history birth of linus Yale, US, portrait painter/inventor (Yale cylinder lock)  

1823  Karl Wilhelm Siemens, inventor (laid undersea cables) was born on this day in history.  

1823  On April - 04 birth of robert Byington Mitchell, Brig General (Union volunteers)  

1826  On this day in history birth of zénobe Gramme, Belgian engineer (d. 1901)  

1828  On April - 04 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  On April - 04 death of saint Isidore of Seville, Church Father and the proposed patron of Internet (b. cira 560)  

0896  On this day in history formosus, Pope (891-96), dies  

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  On April - 04 floris van Wevelinkhoven, bishop of Utrecht, dies