Famous Birthdays In April - 04
Friday, 25 October 2024
1492 Ambrosius Blarer, German reformer (d. 1564) was born on April - 04.
1527 On April - 04 birth of abraham Ortelius, [Ortels/Hortels], South Neth geographer
1572 On April - 04 birth of william Strachey, English writer (d. 1621)
1593 Edward Nicholas, English statesman (d. 1669) was born on April - 04.
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 On this day in history birth of giovanni Battista Tiepoldo, painter
1716 On this day in history birth of john Evangelist Schreiber, composer
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 this day in history birth of wolfgang Nicolaus Haueisen, composer
1752 Niccolo Antonio Zingarelli, composer (Andromeda) was born on this day in history.
1755 On this day in history birth of vincenc Masek, composer
1758 John Hoppner, portrait painter was born on April - 04.
1762 On this day in history birth of stephen Storace, composer
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 this day in history 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 Thaddeus Stevens, US Radical Republican congressional leader (Rep-R) was born on April - 04.
1802 On this day in history birth of dorothea Dix, American social activist (d. 1887)
1804 On this day in history birth of joseph Fischhof, composer
1809 Benjamin Pierce, US mathematician/astronomer was born on April - 04.
1814 On April - 04 birth of john Blair Smith Todd, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1872
1817 On April - 04 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 Queen Maria II of Portugal (d. 1853) was born on this day in history.
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 April - 04 birth of karl Wilhelm Siemens, inventor (laid undersea cables)
1823 On April - 04 birth of robert Byington Mitchell, Brig General (Union volunteers)
1826 Zénobe Gramme, Belgian engineer (d. 1901) was born on this day in history.
1828 On this day in history birth of margaret Oliphant, Scotland, novelist/biographer (Beleaguered City)