Famous Personalities Born In April - 09
Wednesday, 04 February 2026
1336 On this day in history birth of tamerlane (Timur), Central Asian, Turkic conqueror (d. 1405) 

1498 On this day in history 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 Giacomo Maria Predieri, composer was born on April - 09. 

1627 Johann Kaspar Kerll, composer was born on this day in history. 

1634 On April - 09 birth of albertine Agnes, princess of Orange-Nassau 

1648 On this day in history birth of henri de Massue, Marquis de Ruvigny, 1st Viscount Galway, French soldier and diplomat (d. 1720) 

1649 On April - 09 birth of james Scott, duke of Monmouth, bastard son of English king Charles II 

1680 Philippe Néricault Destouches, French dramatist (d. 1754) was born on April - 09. 

1686 On April - 09 birth of james Craggs the Younger, British politician (d. 1721) 

1691 On this day in history birth of johann Matthias Gesner, German classical scholar (d. 1761) 

1716 Johann Georg Zechner, composer was born on April - 09. 

1717 Georg Matthias Monn, composer was born on April - 09. 

1751 On this day in history birth of emanuel Schikaneder, [Johann Schickeneder], German playwright [or 9/1] 

1754 Antonio Frantisek Becvarovsky, composer was born on this day in history. 

1754 Pieter Paulus, Dutch lawyer/CEO (National Convention) was born on this day in history. 

1757 On April - 09 birth of wojciech Boguslawski, composer 

1770 Thomas Johann Seebeck, German physicist (d. 1831) was born on this day in history. 

1773 On this day in history birth of Étienne Aignan, French writer (d. 1824 

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 April - 09. 

1806 On this day in history birth of isambard Kingdom Brunel, designer of 1st transatlantic steamer 

1812 Randolph Barnes Marcy, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1887 was born on this day in history. 

1821 Charles-Pierre Baudelaire, France, symbolist poet (Flowers of Evil) was born on this day in history. 

1826 Thomas Hewson Neill, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1885 was born on April - 09. 

1830 Eadweard Muybridge, England, pioneered study of motion, photography was born on April - 09. 

1835 On April - 09 birth of leopold II, King of Belgians (1865-1909) 

1847 On April - 09 birth of francesco Paolo Tosti, composer 

1847 On this day in history birth of francis William Davenport, composer 

1848 On this day in history birth of f A MacKinnon, cricketer (later the 35th Mackinnon of Mackinnon) 

1848 On April - 09 birth of helena Lange, German feminist 

1850 Herman Zumpe, composer was born on April - 09. 

1851 C E Arthur Wichmann, German/Dutch geologist (Neth Indies) was born on this day in history. 

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