Famous Personalities Born In April - 04

1492  Ambrosius blarer: German reformer   

1527  Abraham ortelius: [ortels/hortels], south neth geographer   

1572  William strachey: English writer   

1593  Edward nicholas: English statesman   

1646  Antoine galland: French archaeologist   

1648  Grinling gibbons: Sculptor/woodcarver   

1688  Joseph-nicolas delisle: French astronomer   

1696  Giovanni battista tiepoldo: Painter   

1716  John evangelist schreiber: Composer   

1718  Benjamin kennicott: English churchman and hebrew scholar   

1731  Francisco morera: Composer   

1740  Wolfgang nicolaus haueisen: Composer   

1752  Niccolo antonio zingarelli: Composer (andromeda)   

1755  Vincenc masek: Composer   

1758  John hoppner: Portrait painter   

1762  Stephen storace: Composer   

1772  Nachman of breslov: Ukrainian founder of breslov hasidut   

1785  Bettina brentano: Composer   

1785  Bettina von arnim: German writer (this book belongs to the king)   

1786  John franklin: British explorer (arctic)   

1792  Thaddeus stevens: Us radical republican congressional leader (rep-r)   

1802  Dorothea dix: American social activist   

1804  Joseph fischhof: Composer   

1809  Benjamin pierce: Us mathematician/astronomer   

1814  John blair smith todd: Brig general (union volunteers), died in 1872   

1817  John wilson sprague: Bvt mjr general (union volunteers), died in 1893   

1818  Thomas mayne reid: Irish-american novelist   

1819  Queen maria ii of portugal: Queen maria ii of portugal (d. 1853)   

1820  Charles devens jr: Major general, bvt (union volunteers), died in 1891   

1821  Linus yale: Us, portrait painter/inventor (yale cylinder lock)   

1823  Karl wilhelm siemens: Inventor (laid undersea cables)   

1823  Robert byington mitchell: Brig general (union volunteers)   

1826  Zénobe gramme: Belgian engineer   

1828  Margaret oliphant: Scotland, novelist/biographer (beleaguered city)   

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0397  Ambrosius: Gov of liguria/bishop of milan (374-97)/saint,   

0636  Saint isidore of seville: Church father and the proposed patron of internet (b. cira 560)   

0896  Formosus: Pope (891-96),   

1229  Hugo van pierrepont: Bishop of liege,   

1284  Alfonso x: "el sabio" king of castile/leon (1252-84),   

1292  Nicholas iv: [girolamo masci], pope (1288-92),   

1305  Jeanne of navarre: Wife of philip iv of france (b. circa 1217)   

1393  Floris van wevelinkhoven: Bishop of utrecht,