Famous Personalities Born In April - 04

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

1527  Abraham Ortelius, [Ortels/Hortels], South Neth geographer was born on this day in history.   

1572  William Strachey, English writer (d. 1621) was born on April - 04.   

1593  On April - 04 birth of edward Nicholas, English statesman (d. 1669)   

1646  On this day in history birth of antoine Galland, French archaeologist (d. 1715)   

1648  Grinling Gibbons, sculptor/woodcarver was born on April - 04.   

1688  Joseph-Nicolas Delisle, French astronomer (d. 1768) was born on this day in history.   

1696  On April - 04 birth of giovanni Battista Tiepoldo, painter   

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

1718  On this day in history birth of benjamin Kennicott, English churchman and Hebrew scholar (d. 1783)   

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

1740  Wolfgang Nicolaus Haueisen, composer was born on April - 04.   

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

1755  On April - 04 birth of vincenc Masek, composer   

1758  On this day in history birth of john Hoppner, portrait painter   

1762  On this day in history birth of stephen Storace, composer   

1772  On this day in history birth of nachman of Breslov, Ukrainian founder of Breslov Hasidut (d. 1810)   

1785  Bettina Brentano, composer was born on April - 04.   

1785  Bettina von Arnim, German writer (This Book Belongs to the King) was born on this day in history.   

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

1792  Thaddeus Stevens, US Radical Republican congressional leader (Rep-R) was born on this day in history.   

1802  Dorothea Dix, American social activist (d. 1887) was born on April - 04.   

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 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 April - 04.   

1820  Charles Devens Jr, Major General, Bvt (Union volunteers), died in 1891 was born on April - 04.   

1821  Linus Yale, US, portrait painter/inventor (Yale cylinder lock) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1826  On April - 04 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  Death of Saint Isidore of Seville, Church Father and the proposed patron of Internet (b. cira 560) on this day in history.   

0896  On this day in history formosus, Pope (891-96), dies   

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

1305  Death of Jeanne of Navarre, wife of Philip IV of France (b. circa 1217) on April - 04.   

1393  On this day in history floris van Wevelinkhoven, bishop of Utrecht, dies