Famous Birthdays In April - 05

1288  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

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

1643  On April - 05 birth of charles V Leopold, Duke of Lorraine/fieldmarshal in Austria  

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

1692  Adrienne Lecouvreur, French actress (d. 1730) was born on this day in history.  

1698  On April - 05 birth of georg Gottfried Wagner, composer  

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 this day in history.  

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

1784  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

1799  On April - 05 birth of vincenzo Fioravanti, composer  

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  Nadar, [Félix Tournachon], French painter/cartoonist/author/ballonist was born on this day in history.  

1822  James Nagle, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1866 was born on this day in history.  

1824  On April - 05 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 this day in history birth of joseph Lister, England, physician (founded aseptic surgery)  

1828  On this day in history 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 April - 05.  

1838  Alpheus Hyatt, US, invertebrate paleontologist was born on this day in history.  

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0582  Death of Eutychius, Patriarch of Constantinople (c. 512) on April - 05.  

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 April - 05.  

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 April - 05.  

1531  On this day in history death of richard Roose, boiled to death for trying to poison an archbishop  

1605  Death of Adam Loftus, English Protestant archbishop in Ireland (c.1513) on this day in history.