Famous Personalities Born In April - 05

1288  Emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (d. 1336) was born on this day in history.   

1472  On April - 05 birth of bianca Maria Sforza, wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1510)   

1523  On this day in history birth of blaise de Vigenère, French cryptographer (d. 1596)   

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

1595  On April - 05 birth of john Wilson, composer   

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

1604  Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1675) was born on April - 05.   

1622  Vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician (d. 1703) was born on this day in history.   

1626  Jan van Kessel, Flemish painter was born on April - 05.   

1643  On this day in history birth of charles V Leopold, Duke of Lorraine/fieldmarshal in Austria   

1649  On this day in history birth of elihu Yale, England, philanthropist founded Yale   

1692  On this day in history birth of adrienne Lecouvreur, French actress (d. 1730)   

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

1725  On this day in history birth of giacomo Casanova, Italian writer/philanderer/adventurer (uncertain)   

1727  Pasquale Ankossi, composer was born on April - 05.   

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

1752  Sébastien Érard, French musical instruments maker (d. 1831) was born on April - 05.   

1784  On April - 05 birth of louis [Ludwig] Spohr, Germany, violin virtuoso/composer (Faust)   

1784  On April - 05 birth of ludwig Spohr, composer   

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

1795  On April - 05 birth of henry Havelock, British soldier (War in Afghanistan 1838-39)   

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

1816  Samuel Freeman Miller, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1890) was born on April - 05.   

1818  Lewis Baldwin Parsons, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) was born on this day in history.   

1820  On this day in history birth of nadar, [Félix Tournachon], French painter/cartoonist/author/ballonist   

1822  James Nagle, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1866 was born on April - 05.   

1824  On April - 05 birth of sydney Thompson Dobell, poet (Roman)   

1825  David Rumph "Neighbor" Jones, Major General (Confederate Army) was born on April - 05.   

1827  On this day in history birth of joseph Lister, England, physician (founded aseptic surgery)   

1828  Pietro Plantania, composer was born on this day in history.   

1830  On April - 05 birth of alexander Muir, Lesmahagow Scotland, poet (Maple Leaf Forever)   

1832  On this day in history birth of jules-Francois Camille Ferry, French statesman   

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

1838  On this day in history birth of alpheus Hyatt, US, invertebrate paleontologist   

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0582  Death of Eutychius, Patriarch of Constantinople (c. 512) on this day in history.   

0828  Nicephorus, patriarch of Constantinopel (806-15), dies at about 77 on this day in history.   

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

1258  Julian of Cornillon/Liege, Flemish visionary/saint, dies on April - 05.   

1270  Ramban Nachmanides, Talmudic scholar (Hiddushei Ha-Ramden), dies on this day in history.   

1419  On this day in history death of vincent Ferrer, Spanish missionary and saint (b. 1350)   

1531  Death of Richard Roose, boiled to death for trying to poison an archbishop on this day in history.   

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