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  Edward Nicholas, English statesman (d. 1669) was born on April - 04.  

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

1648  On this day in history birth of grinling Gibbons, sculptor/woodcarver  

1688  Joseph-Nicolas Delisle, French astronomer (d. 1768) was born on April - 04.  

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

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  On April - 04 birth of francisco Morera, composer  

1740  Wolfgang Nicolaus Haueisen, composer was born on this day in history.  

1752  Niccolo Antonio Zingarelli, composer (Andromeda) was born on this day in history.  

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

1758  On April - 04 birth of john Hoppner, portrait painter  

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 April - 04.  

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

1786  On April - 04 birth of john Franklin, British explorer (Arctic)  

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 this day in history.  

1804  On this day in history birth of joseph Fischhof, composer  

1809  On this day in history birth of benjamin Pierce, US mathematician/astronomer  

1814  John Blair Smith Todd, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1872 was born on April - 04.  

1817  John Wilson Sprague, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1893 was born on this day in history.  

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  Charles Devens Jr, Major General, Bvt (Union volunteers), died in 1891 was born on April - 04.  

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 April - 04.  

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

1826  Zénobe Gramme, Belgian engineer (d. 1901) was born on this day in history.  

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  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  Hugo van Pierrepont, bishop of Liege, dies on April - 04.  

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

1292  On this day in history nicholas IV, [Girolamo Masci], Pope (1288-92), dies  

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

1393  On this day in history floris van Wevelinkhoven, bishop of Utrecht, dies