Famous Birthdays In April - 05

1288  On April - 05 birth of emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (d. 1336)  

1472  Bianca Maria Sforza, wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1510) was born on this day in history.  

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

1588  On April - 05 birth of thomas Hobbes, England, philosopher (Leviathan)  

1595  On April - 05 birth of john Wilson, composer  

1598  On April - 05 birth of laurentius Erhard, composer  

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

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

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  

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1649  Elihu Yale, England, philanthropist founded Yale was born on April - 05.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1732  On this day in history 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  Louis [Ludwig] Spohr, Germany, violin virtuoso/composer (Faust) was born on April - 05.  

1784  On April - 05 birth of ludwig Spohr, composer  

1788  On this day in history birth of franz Pforr, German painter/cartoonist (Lukasbund)  

1795  Henry Havelock, British soldier (War in Afghanistan 1838-39) was born on this day in history.  

1799  Vincenzo Fioravanti, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1820  On April - 05 birth of nadar, [Félix Tournachon], French painter/cartoonist/author/ballonist  

1822  On this day in history birth of james Nagle, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1866  

1824  Sydney Thompson Dobell, poet (Roman) was born on April - 05.  

1825  David Rumph "Neighbor" Jones, Major General (Confederate Army) was born on this day in history.  

1827  Joseph Lister, England, physician (founded aseptic surgery) was born on April - 05.  

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 this day in history.  

1838  On April - 05 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 April - 05.  

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 this day in history.  

1270  Ramban Nachmanides, Talmudic scholar (Hiddushei Ha-Ramden), dies on April - 05.  

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  On April - 05 death of adam Loftus, English Protestant archbishop in Ireland (c.1513)