Famous Birthdays In April - 05
Monday, 30 January 2023
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