Famous Birthdays In April - 05

1839  On April - 05 birth of robert Smalls, Beaufort SC, black congressman 1875-87 (Rep-SC)   

1839  On this day in history birth of stanislaw Pilinski, composer   

1845  On April - 05 birth of jules M Cambon, French gov-gen of Algeria/ambassador   

1853  On April - 05 birth of alfonso Randano, composer   

1854  On this day in history birth of vicente Goicoechea Errasti, composer   

1856  On April - 05 birth of booker Taliaferro Washington, pioneer educator (1st black on US stamp)   

1857  On April - 05 birth of alexander-Jozef von Battenberg, ruler of Bulgaria (1879-86)   

1859  Wilhelm Harteveld, composer was born on this day in history.   

1862  Louis Ganne, composer was born on this day in history.   

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  On April - 05 birth of sergei Chaplygin, Russian physicist and engineer (d. 1942)   

1871  Jeanne Bougeois, [La Mistinguette], artist (French revue) was born on this day in history.   

1871  On April - 05 birth of mirko Seljan, Croatian explorer (d. 1913?)   

1872  Samuel Cate Prescott, American food scientist and microbiologist (d. 1962) was born on April - 05.   

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

1876  On April - 05 birth of viktor Patrick Vretblad, composer   

1882  On April - 05 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  Jacques Handschin, Swiss musicologist (Der Toncharakter) was born on this day in history.   

1890  Fie Carelsen, Dutch actress (Malle Gervallen) was born on this day in history.   

1893  On this day in history birth of clas Thunberg, Finland, speed skater (Olympic-gold-1924, 28)   

1899  On April - 05 birth of william Hornby Steer, barrister/judge   

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  On April - 05 birth of chester Bowles, Mass, ambassador/writer (Conscience of a Liberal)   

1901  On this day in history birth of melvyn Douglas, [Hesselberg], Macon Ga, actor (Hud, Ghost Story)   

1903  Thomas Baron Pitfield, composer was born on April - 05.   

1905  On this day in history birth of bill Raisch, one armed actor (Fred Johnson-Fugitive)   

1905  On this day in history birth of jef Maes, composer   

1906  On this day in history 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  Bette Davis, Lowell Mass, famous eyes (Of Human Bondage, Jezebel) was born on this day in history.   

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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 this day in history.   

1258  On this day in history julian of Cornillon/Liege, Flemish visionary/saint, dies   

1270  Ramban Nachmanides, Talmudic scholar (Hiddushei Ha-Ramden), dies on April - 05.   

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)