Famous Birthdays In April - 05

1288  On April - 05 birth of emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (d. 1336)  

1472  On April - 05 birth of bianca Maria Sforza, wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1510)  

1523  On this day in history birth of blaise de Vigenère, French cryptographer (d. 1596)  

1588  On this day in history birth of thomas Hobbes, England, philosopher (Leviathan)  

1595  On April - 05 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  On April - 05 birth of vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician (d. 1703)  

1626  Jan van Kessel, Flemish painter was born on April - 05.  

1643  Charles V Leopold, Duke of Lorraine/fieldmarshal in Austria was born on April - 05.  

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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  Giacomo Casanova, Italian writer/philanderer/adventurer (uncertain) was born on April - 05.  

1727  Pasquale Ankossi, composer was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1784  On this day in history birth of louis [Ludwig] Spohr, Germany, violin virtuoso/composer (Faust)  

1784  On this day in history birth of ludwig Spohr, composer  

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 April - 05.  

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 April - 05 birth of lewis Baldwin Parsons, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)  

1820  On this day in history birth of nadar, [Félix Tournachon], French painter/cartoonist/author/ballonist  

1822  James Nagle, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1866 was born on this day in history.  

1824  Sydney Thompson Dobell, poet (Roman) was born on April - 05.  

1825  On this day in history birth of david Rumph "Neighbor" Jones, Major General (Confederate Army)  

1827  On this day in history birth of joseph Lister, England, physician (founded aseptic surgery)  

1828  Pietro Plantania, composer was born on April - 05.  

1830  Alexander Muir, Lesmahagow Scotland, poet (Maple Leaf Forever) was born on April - 05.  

1832  On this day in history birth of jules-Francois Camille Ferry, French statesman  

1837  Algernon Charles Swinburne, England, poet (Atalanta in Calydon) was born on this day in history.  

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  Nicephorus, patriarch of Constantinopel (806-15), dies at about 77 on this day in history.  

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 April - 05.  

1270  On April - 05 ramban Nachmanides, Talmudic scholar (Hiddushei Ha-Ramden), dies  

1419  On this day in history 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)