Famous Personalities Born In April - 04

1492  On April - 04 birth of ambrosius Blarer, German reformer (d. 1564)   

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 April - 04.   

1696  On April - 04 birth of giovanni Battista Tiepoldo, painter   

1716  John Evangelist Schreiber, composer was born on April - 04.   

1718  On April - 04 birth of benjamin Kennicott, English churchman and Hebrew scholar (d. 1783)   

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

1740  On April - 04 birth of wolfgang Nicolaus Haueisen, composer   

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

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

1758  John Hoppner, portrait painter was born on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1802  On April - 04 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 April - 04.   

1814  John Blair Smith Todd, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1872 was born on this day in history.   

1817  On this day in history birth of john Wilson Sprague, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1893   

1818  On April - 04 birth of thomas Mayne Reid, Irish-American novelist (d. 1883)   

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

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 April - 04.   

1823  Karl Wilhelm Siemens, inventor (laid undersea cables) was born on this day in history.   

1823  Robert Byington Mitchell, Brig General (Union volunteers) was born on April - 04.   

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  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  Formosus, Pope (891-96), dies on this day in history.   

1229  Hugo van Pierrepont, bishop of Liege, dies on this day in history.   

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

1292  Nicholas IV, [Girolamo Masci], Pope (1288-92), dies on this day in history.   

1305  On April - 04 death of jeanne of Navarre, wife of Philip IV of France (b. circa 1217)   

1393  Floris van Wevelinkhoven, bishop of Utrecht, dies on April - 04.