Famous Birthdays In April - 05

1288  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (d. 1336)  

1472  On April - 05 birth of bianca Maria Sforza, wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1510)  

1523  On this day in history birth of blaise de Vigenère, French cryptographer (d. 1596)  

1588  Thomas Hobbes, England, philosopher (Leviathan) was born on April - 05.  

1595  John Wilson, composer was born on April - 05.  

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

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

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 this day in history.  

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1649  On April - 05 birth of elihu Yale, England, philanthropist founded Yale  

1692  On April - 05 birth of adrienne Lecouvreur, French actress (d. 1730)  

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  On this day in history birth of pasquale Ankossi, composer  

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  Louis [Ludwig] Spohr, Germany, violin virtuoso/composer (Faust) was born on April - 05.  

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 this day in history birth of vincenzo Fioravanti, composer  

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

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

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  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  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 April - 05.  

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

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0582  On this day in history 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 April - 05 death of robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester (b. 1104)  

1258  On this day in history julian of Cornillon/Liege, Flemish visionary/saint, dies  

1270  On April - 05 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 this day in history.  

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