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

1588  Thomas Hobbes, England, philosopher (Leviathan) was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1622  On this day in history birth of vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician (d. 1703)  

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

1643  On this day in history 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 April - 05.  

1698  Georg Gottfried Wagner, composer was born on April - 05.  

1725  On April - 05 birth of giacomo Casanova, Italian writer/philanderer/adventurer (uncertain)  

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

1732  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of louis [Ludwig] Spohr, Germany, violin virtuoso/composer (Faust)  

1784  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1816  On this day in history 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  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  On April - 05 birth of sydney Thompson Dobell, poet (Roman)  

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 April - 05 birth of pietro Plantania, composer  

1830  On April - 05 birth of alexander Muir, Lesmahagow Scotland, poet (Maple Leaf Forever)  

1832  On April - 05 birth of jules-Francois Camille Ferry, French statesman  

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

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

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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  Julian of Cornillon/Liege, Flemish visionary/saint, dies on this day in history.  

1270  On April - 05 ramban Nachmanides, Talmudic scholar (Hiddushei Ha-Ramden), dies  

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  On April - 05 death of adam Loftus, English Protestant archbishop in Ireland (c.1513)