Famous Birthdays In April - 05

1288  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (d. 1336)   

1472  Bianca Maria Sforza, wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1510) was born on this day in history.   

1523  On April - 05 birth of blaise de Vigenère, French cryptographer (d. 1596)   

1588  Thomas Hobbes, England, philosopher (Leviathan) was born on April - 05.   

1595  On this day in history birth of john Wilson, composer   

1598  Laurentius Erhard, composer was born on April - 05.   

1604  On April - 05 birth of charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1675)   

1622  Vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician (d. 1703) was born on April - 05.   

1626  On this day in history birth of jan van Kessel, Flemish painter   

1643  On April - 05 birth of charles V Leopold, Duke of Lorraine/fieldmarshal in Austria   

1649  Elihu Yale, England, philanthropist founded Yale was born on April - 05.   

1692  Adrienne Lecouvreur, French actress (d. 1730) was born on this day in history.   

1698  On April - 05 birth of georg Gottfried Wagner, composer   

1725  On April - 05 birth of giacomo Casanova, Italian writer/philanderer/adventurer (uncertain)   

1727  On this day in history birth of pasquale Ankossi, composer   

1732  On April - 05 birth of jean-Honoré Fragonard, French artist (d. 1806)   

1752  Sébastien Érard, French musical instruments maker (d. 1831) was born on April - 05.   

1784  On April - 05 birth of louis [Ludwig] Spohr, Germany, violin virtuoso/composer (Faust)   

1784  Ludwig Spohr, composer was born on this day in history.   

1788  On this day in history birth of franz Pforr, German painter/cartoonist (Lukasbund)   

1795  On this day in history birth of henry Havelock, British soldier (War in Afghanistan 1838-39)   

1799  Vincenzo Fioravanti, composer was born on April - 05.   

1816  On this day in history birth of samuel Freeman Miller, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1890)   

1818  Lewis Baldwin Parsons, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) was born on this day in history.   

1820  On April - 05 birth of nadar, [Félix Tournachon], French painter/cartoonist/author/ballonist   

1822  On this day in history birth of james Nagle, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1866   

1824  Sydney Thompson Dobell, poet (Roman) was born on April - 05.   

1825  On this day in history birth of david Rumph "Neighbor" Jones, Major General (Confederate Army)   

1827  Joseph Lister, England, physician (founded aseptic surgery) was born on this day in history.   

1828  On April - 05 birth of pietro Plantania, composer   

1830  On this day in history birth of alexander Muir, Lesmahagow Scotland, poet (Maple Leaf Forever)   

1832  On this day in history birth of jules-Francois Camille Ferry, French statesman   

1837  Algernon Charles Swinburne, England, poet (Atalanta in Calydon) was born on April - 05.   

1838  On this day in history birth of alpheus Hyatt, US, invertebrate paleontologist   

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0582  Death of Eutychius, Patriarch of Constantinople (c. 512) on April - 05.   

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 this day in history.   

1258  Julian of Cornillon/Liege, Flemish visionary/saint, dies on this day in history.   

1270  Ramban Nachmanides, Talmudic scholar (Hiddushei Ha-Ramden), dies on April - 05.   

1419  Death of Vincent Ferrer, Spanish missionary and saint (b. 1350) on April - 05.   

1531  Death of Richard Roose, boiled to death for trying to poison an archbishop on April - 05.   

1605  Death of Adam Loftus, English Protestant archbishop in Ireland (c.1513) on April - 05.