Famous Birthdays In April - 04
Tuesday, 28 November 2023
1492 On this day in history birth of ambrosius Blarer, German reformer (d. 1564)
1527 Abraham Ortelius, [Ortels/Hortels], South Neth geographer was born on April - 04.
1572 On this day in history 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 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 On April - 04 birth of giovanni Battista Tiepoldo, painter
1716 John Evangelist Schreiber, composer was born on this day in history.
1718 Benjamin Kennicott, English churchman and Hebrew scholar (d. 1783) was born on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
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 On April - 04 birth of nachman of Breslov, Ukrainian founder of Breslov Hasidut (d. 1810)
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 this day in history.
1804 Joseph Fischhof, composer was born on April - 04.
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 Thomas Mayne Reid, Irish-American novelist (d. 1883) was born on April - 04.
1819 On this day in history birth of queen Maria II of Portugal (d. 1853)
1820 On this day in history 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 Karl Wilhelm Siemens, inventor (laid undersea cables) was born on this day in history.
1823 On this day in history birth of robert Byington Mitchell, Brig General (Union volunteers)
1826 On April - 04 birth of zénobe Gramme, Belgian engineer (d. 1901)
1828 On this day in history birth of margaret Oliphant, Scotland, novelist/biographer (Beleaguered City)