Famous Birthdays In April - 05

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

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 April - 05.  

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

1595  On April - 05 birth of john Wilson, composer  

1598  Laurentius Erhard, composer was born on this day in history.  

1604  On this day in history birth of charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1675)  

1622  Vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician (d. 1703) was born on April - 05.  

1626  On April - 05 birth of jan van Kessel, Flemish painter  

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

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1649  Elihu Yale, England, philanthropist founded Yale was born on April - 05.  

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  On this day in history birth of giacomo Casanova, Italian writer/philanderer/adventurer (uncertain)  

1727  On April - 05 birth of pasquale Ankossi, composer  

1732  Jean-Honoré Fragonard, French artist (d. 1806) was born on this day in history.  

1752  On this day in history 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  Ludwig Spohr, composer was born on this day in history.  

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 April - 05.  

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  On April - 05 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  Sydney Thompson Dobell, poet (Roman) was born on April - 05.  

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

1837  On April - 05 birth of algernon Charles Swinburne, England, poet (Atalanta in Calydon)  

1838  Alpheus Hyatt, US, invertebrate paleontologist was born on April - 05.  

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0582  Death of Eutychius, Patriarch of Constantinople (c. 512) on April - 05.  

0828  On this day in history nicephorus, patriarch of Constantinopel (806-15), dies at about 77  

1168  Death of Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester (b. 1104) on April - 05.  

1258  On this day in history 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 April - 05.  

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)