Famous Birthdays In April - 04

1492  On this day in history birth of ambrosius Blarer, German reformer (d. 1564)   

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

1572  On this day in history 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  On April - 04 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  On April - 04 birth of john Evangelist Schreiber, composer   

1718  Benjamin Kennicott, English churchman and Hebrew scholar (d. 1783) was born on April - 04.   

1731  Francisco Morera, composer was born on April - 04.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1762  Stephen Storace, composer was born on April - 04.   

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

1792  On this day in history birth of thaddeus Stevens, US Radical Republican congressional leader (Rep-R)   

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 April - 04.   

1814  On this day in history 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  On April - 04 birth of thomas Mayne Reid, Irish-American novelist (d. 1883)   

1819  Queen Maria II of Portugal (d. 1853) was born on April - 04.   

1820  On April - 04 birth of charles Devens Jr, Major General, Bvt (Union volunteers), died in 1891   

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

1823  On this day in history birth of karl Wilhelm Siemens, inventor (laid undersea cables)   

1823  Robert Byington Mitchell, Brig General (Union volunteers) was born on this day in history.   

1826  Zénobe Gramme, Belgian engineer (d. 1901) was born on April - 04.   

1828  Margaret Oliphant, Scotland, novelist/biographer (Beleaguered City) was born on this day in history.   

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0397  On April - 04 ambrosius, gov of Liguria/bishop of Milan (374-97)/saint, dies   

0636  On April - 04 death of saint Isidore of Seville, Church Father and the proposed patron of Internet (b. cira 560)   

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

1229  On this day in history hugo van Pierrepont, bishop of Liege, dies   

1284  Alfonso X, "El Sabio" King of Castile/Leon (1252-84), dies at 62 on April - 04.   

1292  On April - 04 nicholas IV, [Girolamo Masci], Pope (1288-92), dies   

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.