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

1588  On this day in history birth of thomas Hobbes, England, philosopher (Leviathan)   

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

1598  On this day in history birth of laurentius Erhard, composer   

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 this day in history birth of jan van Kessel, Flemish painter   

1643  Charles V Leopold, Duke of Lorraine/fieldmarshal in Austria was born on April - 05.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1732  Jean-Honoré Fragonard, French artist (d. 1806) was born on April - 05.   

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

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

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

1816  On April - 05 birth of samuel Freeman Miller, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1890)   

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

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

1825  On this day in history birth of david Rumph "Neighbor" Jones, Major General (Confederate Army)   

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

1828  On this day in history birth of pietro Plantania, composer   

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 this day in history.   

1838  On this day in history 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  Death of Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester (b. 1104) on April - 05.   

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

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

1419  On April - 05 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.