Famous Personalities Born In April - 04

1492  Ambrosius Blarer, German reformer (d. 1564) was born on April - 04.   

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

1646  On April - 04 birth of antoine Galland, French archaeologist (d. 1715)   

1648  On April - 04 birth of grinling Gibbons, sculptor/woodcarver   

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 April - 04.   

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

1752  On April - 04 birth of niccolo Antonio Zingarelli, composer (Andromeda)   

1755  On April - 04 birth of vincenc Masek, composer   

1758  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1785  On April - 04 birth of bettina von Arnim, German writer (This Book Belongs to the King)   

1786  On this day in history birth of john Franklin, British explorer (Arctic)   

1792  On April - 04 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 this day in history.   

1809  On April - 04 birth of benjamin Pierce, US mathematician/astronomer   

1814  John Blair Smith Todd, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1872 was born on this day in history.   

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

1818  On April - 04 birth of thomas Mayne Reid, Irish-American novelist (d. 1883)   

1819  Queen Maria II of Portugal (d. 1853) was born on April - 04.   

1820  On April - 04 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 this day in history.   

1823  Karl Wilhelm Siemens, inventor (laid undersea cables) was born on April - 04.   

1823  On April - 04 birth of robert Byington Mitchell, Brig General (Union volunteers)   

1826  Zénobe Gramme, Belgian engineer (d. 1901) was born on April - 04.   

1828  On this day in history 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 April - 04 death of saint Isidore of Seville, Church Father and the proposed patron of Internet (b. cira 560)   

0896  On April - 04 formosus, Pope (891-96), dies   

1229  Hugo van Pierrepont, bishop of Liege, dies on this day in history.   

1284  On April - 04 alfonso X, "El Sabio" King of Castile/Leon (1252-84), dies at 62   

1292  Nicholas IV, [Girolamo Masci], Pope (1288-92), dies on this day in history.   

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

1393  Floris van Wevelinkhoven, bishop of Utrecht, dies on this day in history.