Famous Personalities Born In April - 09
Tuesday, 16 September 2025
1336 Tamerlane (Timur), Central Asian, Turkic conqueror (d. 1405) was born on this day in history.
1498 On April - 09 birth of john, Cardinal of Lorraine, French churchman (d. 1550)
1597 John Davenport, Connecticut pioneer (d. 1670) was born on this day in history.
1611 On April - 09 birth of giacomo Maria Predieri, composer
1627 Johann Kaspar Kerll, composer was born on April - 09.
1634 Albertine Agnes, princess of Orange-Nassau was born on April - 09.
1648 On this day in history birth of henri de Massue, Marquis de Ruvigny, 1st Viscount Galway, French soldier and diplomat (d. 1720)
1649 James Scott, duke of Monmouth, bastard son of English king Charles II was born on April - 09.
1680 On April - 09 birth of philippe Néricault Destouches, French dramatist (d. 1754)
1686 On April - 09 birth of james Craggs the Younger, British politician (d. 1721)
1691 On April - 09 birth of johann Matthias Gesner, German classical scholar (d. 1761)
1716 On this day in history birth of johann Georg Zechner, composer
1717 On April - 09 birth of georg Matthias Monn, composer
1751 Emanuel Schikaneder, [Johann Schickeneder], German playwright [or 9/1] was born on this day in history.
1754 Antonio Frantisek Becvarovsky, composer was born on April - 09.
1754 Pieter Paulus, Dutch lawyer/CEO (National Convention) was born on April - 09.
1757 On this day in history birth of wojciech Boguslawski, composer
1770 Thomas Johann Seebeck, German physicist (d. 1831) was born on April - 09.
1773 Étienne Aignan, French writer (d. 1824 was born on April - 09.
1785 On April - 09 birth of sibrand Acker Stratingh, Dutch physician/chemist (electric car 1835)
1794 Theobald Boehm, German inventor of the modern flute (d. 1881) was born on April - 09.
1798 Giuditta Pasta, [Negri], soprano was born on this day in history.
1806 Isambard Kingdom Brunel, designer of 1st transatlantic steamer was born on April - 09.
1812 On this day in history birth of randolph Barnes Marcy, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1887
1821 Charles-Pierre Baudelaire, France, symbolist poet (Flowers of Evil) was born on April - 09.
1826 On this day in history birth of thomas Hewson Neill, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1885
1830 Eadweard Muybridge, England, pioneered study of motion, photography was born on this day in history.
1835 On this day in history birth of leopold II, King of Belgians (1865-1909)
1847 Francesco Paolo Tosti, composer was born on April - 09.
1847 On April - 09 birth of francis William Davenport, composer
1848 F A MacKinnon, cricketer (later the 35th Mackinnon of Mackinnon) was born on April - 09.
1848 Helena Lange, German feminist was born on April - 09.
1850 Herman Zumpe, composer was born on this day in history.
1851 C E Arthur Wichmann, German/Dutch geologist (Neth Indies) was born on this day in history.