Famous Birthdays In April - 04

1492  Ambrosius Blarer, German reformer (d. 1564) was born on this day in history.   

1527  On April - 04 birth of abraham Ortelius, [Ortels/Hortels], South Neth geographer   

1572  William Strachey, English writer (d. 1621) was born on this day in history.   

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  Joseph-Nicolas Delisle, French astronomer (d. 1768) was born on April - 04.   

1696  Giovanni Battista Tiepoldo, painter was born on April - 04.   

1716  On April - 04 birth of john Evangelist Schreiber, composer   

1718  Benjamin Kennicott, English churchman and Hebrew scholar (d. 1783) was born on April - 04.   

1731  On this day in history birth of francisco Morera, composer   

1740  On this day in history birth of wolfgang Nicolaus Haueisen, composer   

1752  Niccolo Antonio Zingarelli, composer (Andromeda) was born on April - 04.   

1755  On April - 04 birth of vincenc Masek, composer   

1758  John Hoppner, portrait painter was born on April - 04.   

1762  Stephen Storace, composer was born on April - 04.   

1772  Nachman of Breslov, Ukrainian founder of Breslov Hasidut (d. 1810) was born on this day in history.   

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 April - 04.   

1786  John Franklin, British explorer (Arctic) was born on April - 04.   

1792  On this day in history birth of thaddeus Stevens, US Radical Republican congressional leader (Rep-R)   

1802  On April - 04 birth of dorothea Dix, American social activist (d. 1887)   

1804  Joseph Fischhof, composer was born on April - 04.   

1809  Benjamin Pierce, US mathematician/astronomer was born on this day in history.   

1814  On April - 04 birth of john Blair Smith Todd, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1872   

1817  John Wilson Sprague, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1893 was born on April - 04.   

1818  Thomas Mayne Reid, Irish-American novelist (d. 1883) was born on this day in history.   

1819  Queen Maria II of Portugal (d. 1853) was born on this day in history.   

1820  On April - 04 birth of charles Devens Jr, Major General, Bvt (Union volunteers), died in 1891   

1821  On this day in history birth of linus Yale, US, portrait painter/inventor (Yale cylinder lock)   

1823  On April - 04 birth of karl Wilhelm Siemens, inventor (laid undersea cables)   

1823  Robert Byington Mitchell, Brig General (Union volunteers) was born on this day in history.   

1826  Zénobe Gramme, Belgian engineer (d. 1901) was born on this day in history.   

1828  Margaret Oliphant, Scotland, novelist/biographer (Beleaguered City) was born on April - 04.   

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0397  On April - 04 ambrosius, gov of Liguria/bishop of Milan (374-97)/saint, dies   

0636  Death of Saint Isidore of Seville, Church Father and the proposed patron of Internet (b. cira 560) on this day in history.   

0896  Formosus, Pope (891-96), dies on April - 04.   

1229  On this day in history hugo van Pierrepont, bishop of Liege, dies   

1284  On this day in history alfonso X, "El Sabio" King of Castile/Leon (1252-84), dies at 62   

1292  On April - 04 nicholas IV, [Girolamo Masci], Pope (1288-92), dies   

1305  On April - 04 death of jeanne of Navarre, wife of Philip IV of France (b. circa 1217)   

1393  On April - 04 floris van Wevelinkhoven, bishop of Utrecht, dies