Famous Birthdays In April - 05

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

1839  On April - 05 birth of stanislaw Pilinski, composer   

1845  Jules M Cambon, French gov-gen of Algeria/ambassador was born on this day in history.   

1853  On April - 05 birth of alfonso Randano, composer   

1854  Vicente Goicoechea Errasti, composer was born on April - 05.   

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

1857  Alexander-Jozef von Battenberg, ruler of Bulgaria (1879-86) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1868  J F "Flooi" Du Toit, cricketer (one Test S Africa 1892) was born on April - 05.   

1869  On April - 05 birth of albert Roussel, Tourcoing France, composer (Rapsodie Flamende)   

1869  Sergei Chaplygin, Russian physicist and engineer (d. 1942) was born on this day in history.   

1871  On this day in history birth of jeanne Bougeois, [La Mistinguette], artist (French revue)   

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

1872  On this day in history birth of samuel Cate Prescott, American food scientist and microbiologist (d. 1962)   

1875  On this day in history birth of mistinguett, French vaudeville performer (d. 1956)   

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

1882  Don Blackie, cricketer (Australian off-spinner in 1928-29 yes, age 46) was born on April - 05.   

1885  Dimitrie Cuclin, composer was born on this day in history.   

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  Clas Thunberg, Finland, speed skater (Olympic-gold-1924, 28) was born on April - 05.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1903  On April - 05 birth of thomas Baron Pitfield, composer   

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  On this day in history birth of j Zeldenrust, Dutch pathologist/anatomist   

1908  On this day in history birth of bette Davis, Lowell Mass, famous eyes (Of Human Bondage, Jezebel)   

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0582  Death of Eutychius, Patriarch of Constantinople (c. 512) on this day in history.   

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 April - 05.   

1258  Julian of Cornillon/Liege, Flemish visionary/saint, dies on April - 05.   

1270  On this day in history 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 April - 05.   

1605  On this day in history death of adam Loftus, English Protestant archbishop in Ireland (c.1513)