Famous Personalities Born In April - 04

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

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 April - 04 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 this day in history.   

1688  Joseph-Nicolas Delisle, French astronomer (d. 1768) was born on this day in history.   

1696  On this day in history birth of giovanni Battista Tiepoldo, painter   

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

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  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 April - 04.   

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

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 April - 04.   

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

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

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

1804  Joseph Fischhof, composer was born on April - 04.   

1809  On April - 04 birth of benjamin Pierce, US mathematician/astronomer   

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  Thomas Mayne Reid, Irish-American novelist (d. 1883) was born on April - 04.   

1819  On this day in history birth of queen Maria II of Portugal (d. 1853)   

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 April - 04.   

1823  Karl Wilhelm Siemens, inventor (laid undersea cables) was born on April - 04.   

1823  On this day in history 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 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 this day in history.   

0636  On this day in history death of saint Isidore of Seville, Church Father and the proposed patron of Internet (b. cira 560)   

0896  Formosus, Pope (891-96), dies on April - 04.   

1229  On April - 04 hugo van Pierrepont, bishop of Liege, dies   

1284  Alfonso X, "El Sabio" King of Castile/Leon (1252-84), dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1292  Nicholas IV, [Girolamo Masci], Pope (1288-92), dies on April - 04.   

1305  On this day in history death of jeanne of Navarre, wife of Philip IV of France (b. circa 1217)   

1393  Floris van Wevelinkhoven, bishop of Utrecht, dies on this day in history.