Famous Personalities Born 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  On April - 04 birth of william Strachey, English writer (d. 1621)   

1593  On this day in history birth of edward Nicholas, English statesman (d. 1669)   

1646  Antoine Galland, French archaeologist (d. 1715) was born on this day in history.   

1648  Grinling Gibbons, sculptor/woodcarver was born on April - 04.   

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

1696  Giovanni Battista Tiepoldo, painter was born on this day in history.   

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

1718  Benjamin Kennicott, English churchman and Hebrew scholar (d. 1783) was born on this day in history.   

1731  On April - 04 birth of francisco Morera, composer   

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

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1786  On this day in history 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 April - 04.   

1809  Benjamin Pierce, US mathematician/astronomer was born on this day in history.   

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

1819  On April - 04 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  On April - 04 birth of linus Yale, US, portrait painter/inventor (Yale cylinder lock)   

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 April - 04.   

1826  On April - 04 birth of zénobe Gramme, Belgian engineer (d. 1901)   

1828  Margaret Oliphant, Scotland, novelist/biographer (Beleaguered City) was born on April - 04.   

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0397  On this day in history ambrosius, gov of Liguria/bishop of Milan (374-97)/saint, dies   

0636  Death of Saint Isidore of Seville, Church Father and the proposed patron of Internet (b. cira 560) on this day in history.   

0896  Formosus, Pope (891-96), dies on this day in history.   

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