Famous Personalities Born In April - 04

1492  Ambrosius Blarer, German reformer (d. 1564) was born on this day in history.   

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

1572  William Strachey, English writer (d. 1621) was born on this day in history.   

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 April - 04 birth of grinling Gibbons, sculptor/woodcarver   

1688  On this day in history birth of joseph-Nicolas Delisle, French astronomer (d. 1768)   

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

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  Francisco Morera, composer was born on this day in history.   

1740  Wolfgang Nicolaus Haueisen, composer was born on April - 04.   

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

1755  On this day in history birth of vincenc Masek, composer   

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

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

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  On April - 04 birth of bettina von Arnim, German writer (This Book Belongs to the King)   

1786  On this day in history birth of john Franklin, British explorer (Arctic)   

1792  On April - 04 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  On April - 04 birth of joseph Fischhof, composer   

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

1823  On April - 04 birth of karl Wilhelm Siemens, inventor (laid undersea cables)   

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

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

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

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0397  Ambrosius, gov of Liguria/bishop of Milan (374-97)/saint, dies on April - 04.   

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  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  On April - 04 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 April - 04 floris van Wevelinkhoven, bishop of Utrecht, dies