Famous Personalities Born 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  On April - 05 birth of blaise de Vigenère, French cryptographer (d. 1596)   

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

1595  On this day in history birth of john Wilson, composer   

1598  Laurentius Erhard, composer was born on April - 05.   

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  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 April - 05.   

1649  On this day in history 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 April - 05.   

1727  On this day in history birth of pasquale Ankossi, composer   

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 April - 05 birth of louis [Ludwig] Spohr, Germany, violin virtuoso/composer (Faust)   

1784  Ludwig Spohr, composer was born on this day in history.   

1788  On this day in history birth of franz Pforr, German painter/cartoonist (Lukasbund)   

1795  On April - 05 birth of henry Havelock, British soldier (War in Afghanistan 1838-39)   

1799  On April - 05 birth of vincenzo Fioravanti, composer   

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

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

1820  Nadar, [Félix Tournachon], French painter/cartoonist/author/ballonist was born on this day in history.   

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 April - 05.   

1827  On April - 05 birth of joseph Lister, England, physician (founded aseptic surgery)   

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

1830  Alexander Muir, Lesmahagow Scotland, poet (Maple Leaf Forever) was born on this day in history.   

1832  Jules-Francois Camille Ferry, French statesman was born on April - 05.   

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 April - 05.   

1168  Death of Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester (b. 1104) on this day in history.   

1258  Julian of Cornillon/Liege, Flemish visionary/saint, dies on this day in history.   

1270  Ramban Nachmanides, Talmudic scholar (Hiddushei Ha-Ramden), dies on April - 05.   

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  On this day in history death of adam Loftus, English Protestant archbishop in Ireland (c.1513)