Famous Personalities Born In April - 04

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

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

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

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

1646  Antoine Galland, French archaeologist (d. 1715) was born on April - 04.   

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  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  Francisco Morera, composer was born on April - 04.   

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

1752  Niccolo Antonio Zingarelli, composer (Andromeda) was born on this day in history.   

1755  Vincenc Masek, composer was born on April - 04.   

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

1762  On April - 04 birth of stephen Storace, composer   

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

1785  On April - 04 birth of bettina Brentano, composer   

1785  On this day in history 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  Thaddeus Stevens, US Radical Republican congressional leader (Rep-R) was born on April - 04.   

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

1804  On April - 04 birth of joseph Fischhof, composer   

1809  On this day in history birth of benjamin Pierce, US mathematician/astronomer   

1814  John Blair Smith Todd, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1872 was born on April - 04.   

1817  John Wilson Sprague, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1893 was born on this day in history.   

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

1819  On April - 04 birth of queen Maria II of Portugal (d. 1853)   

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

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0397  Ambrosius, gov of Liguria/bishop of Milan (374-97)/saint, dies on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history nicholas IV, [Girolamo Masci], Pope (1288-92), dies   

1305  Death of Jeanne of Navarre, wife of Philip IV of France (b. circa 1217) on this day in history.   

1393  Floris van Wevelinkhoven, bishop of Utrecht, dies on April - 04.