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 this day in history.  

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

1595  John Wilson, composer was born on April - 05.  

1598  On April - 05 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  Charles V Leopold, Duke of Lorraine/fieldmarshal in Austria was born on this day in history.  

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1649  Elihu Yale, England, philanthropist founded Yale was born on this day in history.  

1692  Adrienne Lecouvreur, French actress (d. 1730) was born on April - 05.  

1698  On this day in history birth of georg Gottfried Wagner, composer  

1725  Giacomo Casanova, Italian writer/philanderer/adventurer (uncertain) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1752  On this day in history birth of sébastien Érard, French musical instruments maker (d. 1831)  

1784  Louis [Ludwig] Spohr, Germany, violin virtuoso/composer (Faust) was born on April - 05.  

1784  On April - 05 birth of ludwig Spohr, composer  

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

1795  Henry Havelock, British soldier (War in Afghanistan 1838-39) was born on this day in history.  

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 April - 05.  

1818  Lewis Baldwin Parsons, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) was born on April - 05.  

1820  Nadar, [Félix Tournachon], French painter/cartoonist/author/ballonist was born on April - 05.  

1822  James Nagle, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1866 was born on April - 05.  

1824  On April - 05 birth of sydney Thompson Dobell, poet (Roman)  

1825  On this day in history 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 April - 05 birth of alexander Muir, Lesmahagow Scotland, poet (Maple Leaf Forever)  

1832  On April - 05 birth of jules-Francois Camille Ferry, French statesman  

1837  Algernon Charles Swinburne, England, poet (Atalanta in Calydon) was born on April - 05.  

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

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0582  On this day in history death of eutychius, Patriarch of Constantinople (c. 512)  

0828  On April - 05 nicephorus, patriarch of Constantinopel (806-15), dies at about 77  

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

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 April - 05.  

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)