Famous Birthdays In April - 05

1288  Emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (d. 1336) was born on April - 05.  

1472  On this day in history birth of bianca Maria Sforza, wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1510)  

1523  Blaise de Vigenère, French cryptographer (d. 1596) was born on April - 05.  

1588  Thomas Hobbes, England, philosopher (Leviathan) was born on this day in history.  

1595  John Wilson, composer was born on April - 05.  

1598  Laurentius Erhard, composer was born on this day in history.  

1604  On this day in history birth of charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1675)  

1622  Vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician (d. 1703) was born on April - 05.  

1626  Jan van Kessel, Flemish painter was born on this day in history.  

1643  On April - 05 birth of charles V Leopold, Duke of Lorraine/fieldmarshal in Austria  

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1649  On April - 05 birth of elihu Yale, England, philanthropist founded Yale  

1692  Adrienne Lecouvreur, French actress (d. 1730) was born on April - 05.  

1698  Georg Gottfried Wagner, composer was born on April - 05.  

1725  Giacomo Casanova, Italian writer/philanderer/adventurer (uncertain) was born on April - 05.  

1727  Pasquale Ankossi, composer was born on this day in history.  

1732  On April - 05 birth of jean-Honoré Fragonard, French artist (d. 1806)  

1752  On this day in history birth of sébastien Érard, French musical instruments maker (d. 1831)  

1784  On this day in history birth of louis [Ludwig] Spohr, Germany, violin virtuoso/composer (Faust)  

1784  Ludwig Spohr, composer was born on April - 05.  

1788  Franz Pforr, German painter/cartoonist (Lukasbund) was born on April - 05.  

1795  Henry Havelock, British soldier (War in Afghanistan 1838-39) was born on April - 05.  

1799  Vincenzo Fioravanti, composer was born on April - 05.  

1816  Samuel Freeman Miller, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1890) was born on this day in history.  

1818  On April - 05 birth of lewis Baldwin Parsons, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)  

1820  Nadar, [Félix Tournachon], French painter/cartoonist/author/ballonist was born on this day in history.  

1822  On April - 05 birth of james Nagle, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1866  

1824  On this day in history birth of sydney Thompson Dobell, poet (Roman)  

1825  On April - 05 birth of david Rumph "Neighbor" Jones, Major General (Confederate Army)  

1827  Joseph Lister, England, physician (founded aseptic surgery) was born on this day in history.  

1828  On April - 05 birth of pietro Plantania, composer  

1830  Alexander Muir, Lesmahagow Scotland, poet (Maple Leaf Forever) was born on this day in history.  

1832  On April - 05 birth of jules-Francois Camille Ferry, French statesman  

1837  Algernon Charles Swinburne, England, poet (Atalanta in Calydon) was born on April - 05.  

1838  Alpheus Hyatt, US, invertebrate paleontologist was born on April - 05.  

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0582  On this day in history death of eutychius, Patriarch of Constantinople (c. 512)  

0828  On this day in history nicephorus, patriarch of Constantinopel (806-15), dies at about 77  

1168  Death of Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester (b. 1104) on this day in history.  

1258  On this day in history julian of Cornillon/Liege, Flemish visionary/saint, dies  

1270  On April - 05 ramban Nachmanides, Talmudic scholar (Hiddushei Ha-Ramden), dies  

1419  On April - 05 death of vincent Ferrer, Spanish missionary and saint (b. 1350)  

1531  On this day in history death of richard Roose, boiled to death for trying to poison an archbishop  

1605  Death of Adam Loftus, English Protestant archbishop in Ireland (c.1513) on April - 05.