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

1593  On this day in history birth of edward Nicholas, English statesman (d. 1669)  

1646  Antoine Galland, French archaeologist (d. 1715) was born on April - 04.  

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  On April - 04 birth of giovanni Battista Tiepoldo, painter  

1716  John Evangelist Schreiber, composer was born on this day in history.  

1718  On this day in history birth of benjamin Kennicott, English churchman and Hebrew scholar (d. 1783)  

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1731  Francisco Morera, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1755  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of nachman of Breslov, Ukrainian founder of Breslov Hasidut (d. 1810)  

1785  On this day in history birth of bettina Brentano, composer  

1785  Bettina von Arnim, German writer (This Book Belongs to the King) was born on this day in history.  

1786  John Franklin, British explorer (Arctic) was born on this day in history.  

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

1802  On this day in history birth of dorothea Dix, American social activist (d. 1887)  

1804  On April - 04 birth of joseph Fischhof, composer  

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  John Wilson Sprague, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1893 was born on April - 04.  

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 this day in history.  

1820  Charles Devens Jr, Major General, Bvt (Union volunteers), died in 1891 was born on this day in history.  

1821  Linus Yale, US, portrait painter/inventor (Yale cylinder lock) was born on this day in history.  

1823  On April - 04 birth of karl Wilhelm Siemens, inventor (laid undersea cables)  

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

1826  On April - 04 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 this day in history.  

0636  Death of Saint Isidore of Seville, Church Father and the proposed patron of Internet (b. cira 560) on this day in history.  

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

1229  On April - 04 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.