Famous Birthdays In April - 21

1488  Ulrich von Hutten, German poet/humanist/patriot was born on this day in history.  

1546  On this day in history birth of arcangelo Crivelli, composer  

1555  On this day in history birth of ludovico Carracci, Italian painter (d. 1619)  

1619  On April - 21 birth of john A van Riebeeck, colonial director/founder (Cape Colony)  

1651  On this day in history birth of blessed Joseph Vaz, Apostle of Ceylon (d. 1711)  

1652  Michel Rolle, French mathematician (d. 1719) was born on April - 21.  

1671  On April - 21 birth of john Law, Scottish economist (d. 1729)  

1672  On April - 21 birth of johann Philipp Kafer, composer  

1673  On this day in history birth of wilhelmina Amalia of Brunswick, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1742)  

1713  Louis Duke de Noailles, marshal of France was born on April - 21.  

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1729  Catharina II, the Great, writer/emperess of Russia (1762-96) was born on this day in history.  

1730  On April - 21 birth of antonin Kammel, composer  

1749  On this day in history birth of johann Michael Malzat, composer  

1774  On April - 21 birth of jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist/astronomer (balloonist)  

1775  On this day in history birth of alexander Anderson, US, engraver/illustrator (Shakespeare)  

1779  On this day in history birth of william Knyvett, composer  

1795  Vincenzo Pallotti, Italian saint was born on April - 21.  

1803  On this day in history birth of levin Minn Powell, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1885  

1806  On this day in history birth of peter van Schendel, Dutch painter  

1809  On April - 21 birth of robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter, Secy State (Confederacy)  

1810  On this day in history birth of john Putnam Chapin, American politician (d. 1864)  

1811  On April - 21 birth of alson Sherman, American politician (d. 1903)  

1814  Beni Egressy, composer was born on this day in history.  

1816  Charlotte Bronte, Tornton England, novelist (Jane Eyre) was born on April - 21.  

1816  On April - 21 birth of louis Trezevant Wigfall, Confederate Army, died in 1874  

1824  On April - 21 birth of anselmo Clave, composer  

1828  Hippolyte Taine, French philosopher/historian (Voyage in Italy) was born on April - 21.  

1834  On April - 21 birth of william Rufus Terrill, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1862  

1837  Fredrik Bajer, Denmark, politican/feminist/pacifist (Nobel 1908) was born on April - 21.  

1838  On this day in history birth of john Muir, US, naturalist/discoverer (glaciers in High Seirras)  

1838  Nat Thompson, cricketer (1st batsman dismissed in a Test match) was born on April - 21.  

1840  Franz Xaver Haberl, German priest/musicologist (Magister choralis) was born on April - 21.  

1849  Oskar Hertwig, Germany, embryologist, discovered fertilization was born on April - 21.  

1851  Charles Barrois, French geologist (d. 1939) was born on this day in history.  

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1073  Alexander II, [Anselmo da Baggio], Pope (1061-73), dies on this day in history.  

1109  On this day in history anselmus, philosopher/archbishop of Canterbury, dies  

1142  Death of Pierre Abélard, French writer (b. 1079) on April - 21.  

1329  On April - 21 death of frederick IV, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1282)  

1509  On April - 21 henry VII, 1st Tudor king of England (1485-1509), dies at 52  

1551  On this day in history death of oda Nobuhide, Japanese warlord (b. 1510)  

1552  On this day in history peter Apianus, [Bennewitz/Bienewitz], German astronomer, dies at 50  

1557  On April - 21 death of petrus Apianus, German mathematician (b. 1495)