Famous Personalities Born In April - 04

1492  On April - 04 birth of ambrosius Blarer, German reformer (d. 1564)   

1527  Abraham Ortelius, [Ortels/Hortels], South Neth geographer was born on April - 04.   

1572  On this day in history birth of william Strachey, English writer (d. 1621)   

1593  Edward Nicholas, English statesman (d. 1669) was born on April - 04.   

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 this day in history birth of joseph-Nicolas Delisle, French astronomer (d. 1768)   

1696  On this day in history birth of giovanni Battista Tiepoldo, painter   

1716  John Evangelist Schreiber, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1731  Francisco Morera, composer was born on this day in history.   

1740  Wolfgang Nicolaus Haueisen, composer was born on this day in history.   

1752  On this day in history birth of niccolo Antonio Zingarelli, composer (Andromeda)   

1755  On this day in history birth of vincenc Masek, composer   

1758  On April - 04 birth of john Hoppner, portrait painter   

1762  Stephen Storace, composer was born on this day in history.   

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 April - 04.   

1786  On April - 04 birth of john Franklin, British explorer (Arctic)   

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

1802  Dorothea Dix, American social activist (d. 1887) was born on this day in history.   

1804  Joseph Fischhof, composer was born on this day in history.   

1809  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of john Wilson Sprague, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1893   

1818  On this day in history birth of thomas Mayne Reid, Irish-American novelist (d. 1883)   

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

1820  On this day in history birth of charles Devens Jr, Major General, Bvt (Union volunteers), died in 1891   

1821  Linus Yale, US, portrait painter/inventor (Yale cylinder lock) was born on April - 04.   

1823  On this day in history birth of karl Wilhelm Siemens, inventor (laid undersea cables)   

1823  Robert Byington Mitchell, Brig General (Union volunteers) was born on April - 04.   

1826  On this day in history birth of zénobe Gramme, Belgian engineer (d. 1901)   

1828  On April - 04 birth of margaret Oliphant, Scotland, novelist/biographer (Beleaguered City)   

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

0636  On this day in history death of saint Isidore of Seville, Church Father and the proposed patron of Internet (b. cira 560)   

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

1229  On April - 04 hugo van Pierrepont, bishop of Liege, dies   

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

1292  Nicholas IV, [Girolamo Masci], Pope (1288-92), dies on April - 04.   

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