Famous Birthdays In April - 05

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

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

1523  On April - 05 birth of blaise de Vigenère, French cryptographer (d. 1596)  

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

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

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 this day in history.  

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

1643  Charles V Leopold, Duke of Lorraine/fieldmarshal in Austria was born on this day in history.  

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1649  Elihu Yale, England, philanthropist founded Yale was born on this day in history.  

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

1698  Georg Gottfried Wagner, composer was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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 April - 05.  

1818  Lewis Baldwin Parsons, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) was born on April - 05.  

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

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

1827  On April - 05 birth of joseph Lister, England, physician (founded aseptic surgery)  

1828  On April - 05 birth of pietro Plantania, composer  

1830  On this day in history birth of alexander Muir, Lesmahagow Scotland, poet (Maple Leaf Forever)  

1832  Jules-Francois Camille Ferry, French statesman was born on April - 05.  

1837  On this day in history birth of algernon Charles Swinburne, England, poet (Atalanta in Calydon)  

1838  On April - 05 birth of alpheus Hyatt, US, invertebrate paleontologist  

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0582  On April - 05 death of eutychius, Patriarch of Constantinople (c. 512)  

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

1168  On this day in history death of robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester (b. 1104)  

1258  On April - 05 julian of Cornillon/Liege, Flemish visionary/saint, dies  

1270  On this day in history ramban Nachmanides, Talmudic scholar (Hiddushei Ha-Ramden), dies  

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 April - 05.  

1605  On this day in history death of adam Loftus, English Protestant archbishop in Ireland (c.1513)