Famous Birthdays In April - 04
Tuesday, 21 May 2024
1492 On this day in history birth of ambrosius Blarer, German reformer (d. 1564)
1527 On this day in history birth of abraham Ortelius, [Ortels/Hortels], South Neth geographer
1572 On April - 04 birth of william Strachey, English writer (d. 1621)
1593 Edward Nicholas, English statesman (d. 1669) was born on this day in history.
1646 Antoine Galland, French archaeologist (d. 1715) was born on this day in history.
1648 Grinling Gibbons, sculptor/woodcarver was born on April - 04.
1688 On April - 04 birth of joseph-Nicolas Delisle, French astronomer (d. 1768)
1696 Giovanni Battista Tiepoldo, painter was born on this day in history.
1716 John Evangelist Schreiber, composer was born on April - 04.
1718 On April - 04 birth of benjamin Kennicott, English churchman and Hebrew scholar (d. 1783)
1731 Francisco Morera, composer was born on this day in history.
1740 On April - 04 birth of wolfgang Nicolaus Haueisen, composer
1752 Niccolo Antonio Zingarelli, composer (Andromeda) was born on this day in history.
1755 Vincenc Masek, composer was born on this day in history.
1758 On this day in history birth of john Hoppner, portrait painter
1762 On this day in history birth of stephen Storace, composer
1772 Nachman of Breslov, Ukrainian founder of Breslov Hasidut (d. 1810) was born on April - 04.
1785 On this day in history birth of bettina Brentano, composer
1785 Bettina von Arnim, German writer (This Book Belongs to the King) was born on this day in history.
1786 On this day in history birth of john Franklin, British explorer (Arctic)
1792 Thaddeus Stevens, US Radical Republican congressional leader (Rep-R) was born on April - 04.
1802 Dorothea Dix, American social activist (d. 1887) was born on this day in history.
1804 On April - 04 birth of joseph Fischhof, composer
1809 On April - 04 birth of benjamin Pierce, US mathematician/astronomer
1814 On this day in history birth of john Blair Smith Todd, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1872
1817 On April - 04 birth of john Wilson Sprague, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1893
1818 Thomas Mayne Reid, Irish-American novelist (d. 1883) was born on this day in history.
1819 On April - 04 birth of queen Maria II of Portugal (d. 1853)
1820 Charles Devens Jr, Major General, Bvt (Union volunteers), died in 1891 was born on April - 04.
1821 On April - 04 birth of linus Yale, US, portrait painter/inventor (Yale cylinder lock)
1823 On this day in history birth of karl Wilhelm Siemens, inventor (laid undersea cables)
1823 On April - 04 birth of robert Byington Mitchell, Brig General (Union volunteers)
1826 On this day in history birth of zénobe Gramme, Belgian engineer (d. 1901)
1828 Margaret Oliphant, Scotland, novelist/biographer (Beleaguered City) was born on this day in history.