Famous Personalities Born 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  Thomas Hobbes, England, philosopher (Leviathan) was born on April - 05.   

1595  John Wilson, composer was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician (d. 1703)   

1626  On April - 05 birth of jan van Kessel, Flemish painter   

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 April - 05 birth of adrienne Lecouvreur, French actress (d. 1730)   

1698  On this day in history birth of georg Gottfried Wagner, composer   

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

1727  On April - 05 birth of pasquale Ankossi, composer   

1732  On this day in history birth of jean-Honoré Fragonard, French artist (d. 1806)   

1752  On April - 05 birth of sébastien Érard, French musical instruments maker (d. 1831)   

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

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

1788  On April - 05 birth of franz Pforr, German painter/cartoonist (Lukasbund)   

1795  On this day in history birth of henry Havelock, British soldier (War in Afghanistan 1838-39)   

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 April - 05.   

1818  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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  Pietro Plantania, composer was born on April - 05.   

1830  Alexander Muir, Lesmahagow Scotland, poet (Maple Leaf Forever) was born on April - 05.   

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 this day in history.   

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 April - 05.   

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

1419  Death of Vincent Ferrer, Spanish missionary and saint (b. 1350) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.