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

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

1595  On April - 05 birth of john Wilson, composer   

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

1604  Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1675) was born on this day in history.   

1622  On April - 05 birth of vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician (d. 1703)   

1626  On this day in history birth of jan van Kessel, Flemish painter   

1643  On this day in history birth of charles V Leopold, Duke of Lorraine/fieldmarshal in Austria   

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  On April - 05 birth of georg Gottfried Wagner, composer   

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

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

1784  On this day in history birth of ludwig Spohr, composer   

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  Vincenzo Fioravanti, composer was born on this day in history.   

1816  Samuel Freeman Miller, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1890) was born on this day in history.   

1818  Lewis Baldwin Parsons, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) was born on this day in history.   

1820  On April - 05 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  David Rumph "Neighbor" Jones, Major General (Confederate Army) was born on this day in history.   

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

1828  Pietro Plantania, composer was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history birth of alpheus Hyatt, US, invertebrate paleontologist   

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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  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 April - 05 death of vincent Ferrer, Spanish missionary and saint (b. 1350)   

1531  On April - 05 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.