Famous Birthdays 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  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  John Wilson, composer was born on April - 05.  

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

1626  On April - 05 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 April - 05.  

1698  Georg Gottfried Wagner, composer was born on this day in history.  

1725  On this day in history birth of giacomo Casanova, Italian writer/philanderer/adventurer (uncertain)  

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  On April - 05 birth of sébastien Érard, French musical instruments maker (d. 1831)  

1784  Louis [Ludwig] Spohr, Germany, violin virtuoso/composer (Faust) was born on this day in history.  

1784  Ludwig Spohr, composer was born on April - 05.  

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 this day in history.  

1799  Vincenzo Fioravanti, composer was born on April - 05.  

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 April - 05 birth of nadar, [Félix Tournachon], French painter/cartoonist/author/ballonist  

1822  On April - 05 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  On April - 05 birth of david Rumph "Neighbor" Jones, Major General (Confederate Army)  

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

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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 April - 05 death of robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester (b. 1104)  

1258  On April - 05 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  Death of Richard Roose, boiled to death for trying to poison an archbishop on this day in history.  

1605  On this day in history death of adam Loftus, English Protestant archbishop in Ireland (c.1513)