Famous Birthdays In April - 05

1288  Emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (d. 1336) was born on this day in history.  

1472  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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 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  Vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician (d. 1703) was born on this day in history.  

1626  Jan van Kessel, Flemish painter was born on April - 05.  

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

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

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

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  Pasquale Ankossi, composer was born on this day in history.  

1732  On April - 05 birth of jean-Honoré Fragonard, French artist (d. 1806)  

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  On this day in history birth of ludwig Spohr, composer  

1788  Franz Pforr, German painter/cartoonist (Lukasbund) was born on April - 05.  

1795  Henry Havelock, British soldier (War in Afghanistan 1838-39) was born on April - 05.  

1799  On this day in history birth of vincenzo Fioravanti, composer  

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

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  On this day in history birth of james Nagle, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1866  

1824  On this day in history 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  Pietro Plantania, composer was born on April - 05.  

1830  Alexander Muir, Lesmahagow Scotland, poet (Maple Leaf Forever) was born on April - 05.  

1832  On this day in history 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  On April - 05 birth of alpheus Hyatt, US, invertebrate paleontologist  

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0582  Death of Eutychius, Patriarch of Constantinople (c. 512) on this day in history.  

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

1270  On this day in history 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  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.