Famous Birthdays In April - 05

1839  Robert Smalls, Beaufort SC, black congressman 1875-87 (Rep-SC) was born on April - 05.  

1839  Stanislaw Pilinski, composer was born on this day in history.  

1845  Jules M Cambon, French gov-gen of Algeria/ambassador was born on April - 05.  

1853  On April - 05 birth of alfonso Randano, composer  

1854  Vicente Goicoechea Errasti, composer was born on this day in history.  

1856  Booker Taliaferro Washington, pioneer educator (1st black on US stamp) was born on this day in history.  

1857  Alexander-Jozef von Battenberg, ruler of Bulgaria (1879-86) was born on April - 05.  

1859  On this day in history birth of wilhelm Harteveld, composer  

1862  On this day in history birth of louis Ganne, composer  

1868  On this day in history birth of j F "Flooi" Du Toit, cricketer (one Test S Africa 1892)  

1869  Albert Roussel, Tourcoing France, composer (Rapsodie Flamende) was born on April - 05.  

1869  Sergei Chaplygin, Russian physicist and engineer (d. 1942) was born on April - 05.  

1871  Jeanne Bougeois, [La Mistinguette], artist (French revue) was born on April - 05.  

1871  Mirko Seljan, Croatian explorer (d. 1913?) was born on this day in history.  

1872  On April - 05 birth of samuel Cate Prescott, American food scientist and microbiologist (d. 1962)  

1875  Mistinguett, French vaudeville performer (d. 1956) was born on this day in history.  

1876  Viktor Patrick Vretblad, composer was born on this day in history.  

1882  On this day in history birth of don Blackie, cricketer (Australian off-spinner in 1928-29 yes, age 46)  

1885  On this day in history birth of dimitrie Cuclin, composer  

1886  On this day in history birth of jacques Handschin, Swiss musicologist (Der Toncharakter)  

1890  Fie Carelsen, Dutch actress (Malle Gervallen) was born on April - 05.  

1893  Clas Thunberg, Finland, speed skater (Olympic-gold-1924, 28) was born on this day in history.  

1899  William Hornby Steer, barrister/judge was born on this day in history.  

1900  On April - 05 birth of spencer Tracy, Milwaukee, actor (Father's Little Dividend, Adam's Rib)  

1901  Alexander Alexeieff, Russian/French painter/graphic artist was born on this day in history.  

1901  Chester Bowles, Mass, ambassador/writer (Conscience of a Liberal) was born on April - 05.  

1901  On April - 05 birth of melvyn Douglas, [Hesselberg], Macon Ga, actor (Hud, Ghost Story)  

1903  Thomas Baron Pitfield, composer was born on this day in history.  

1905  Bill Raisch, one armed actor (Fred Johnson-Fugitive) was born on this day in history.  

1905  On April - 05 birth of jef Maes, composer  

1906  On April - 05 birth of arthur Guy Clutton-Brock, English agronomist  

1906  On this day in history birth of lord Buckley, American monologist (d. 1960)  

1907  J Zeldenrust, Dutch pathologist/anatomist was born on April - 05.  

1908  On April - 05 birth of bette Davis, Lowell Mass, famous eyes (Of Human Bondage, Jezebel)  

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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 April - 05.  

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

1258  Julian of Cornillon/Liege, Flemish visionary/saint, dies on this day in history.  

1270  On April - 05 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 April - 05.  

1605  On April - 05 death of adam Loftus, English Protestant archbishop in Ireland (c.1513)