Famous Personalities Born In April - 20
Friday, 21 February 2025
1442 On this day in history birth of edward IV, King (England, 1461-83)
1494 On April - 20 birth of john Agricola, [Schneider], German theologist/prime minister
1586 Saint Rose of Lima, Peruvian saint (d. 1617) was born on this day in history.
1592 John Eliot, St Germans Cornwall, English MP/author was born on this day in history.
1594 On April - 20 birth of matthaus Apelles von Lowenstern, composer
1633 On April - 20 birth of emperor Go-Komyo of Japan (d. 1654)
1646 On this day in history birth of charles Plumier, French botanist (d. 1704)
1650 On this day in history birth of william Bedloe, English informer (d. 1680)
1668 On this day in history birth of yuri Troubetzkoy, Governor of Belgorod (d. 1739)
1705 Balthasar Schmid, composer was born on April - 20.
1718 David Brainerd, American missionary (d. 1747) was born on this day in history.
1723 On this day in history birth of cornelius Harnett, American delegate to the Continental Congress (d. 1781)
1725 Johann Friedrich Kloffler, composer was born on this day in history.
1726 Jozef de Ferraris, French/Austrian earl/general/cartographer was born on April - 20.
1745 Philippe Pinel, physician, founder of psychiatry was born on this day in history.
1748 On April - 20 birth of georg Michael Telemann, composer
1748 Guillaume Albert Teniers, composer was born on this day in history.
1761 On this day in history birth of johann Gottlieb Karl Spazier, composer
1808 On this day in history birth of louis-Napoleon (Napoleon III), emperor of France (1852-71)
1809 On April - 20 birth of john Smith Preston, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1881
1818 Heinrich Göbel, German-born inventor (d. 1893) was born on April - 20.
1824 On this day in history birth of alfred Holt Colquitt, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1894
1826 Dina M Craik, writer was born on this day in history.
1827 On this day in history birth of john Gibbon, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1896
1839 On this day in history birth of carol I, King of Romania (1881-1914)
1850 Daniel Chester, French/American sculptor (Minute Man) was born on April - 20.
1851 On this day in history birth of young Tom Morris, Scottish golfer (d. 1875)
1857 Charles LP "Philip" Zilcken, painter/author (HW Knife Day) was born on this day in history.
1857 On April - 20 birth of hermann Bang, writer
1858 Auguste Chapuis, composer was born on April - 20.
1860 Charles Gordon Curtis, US attorney/inventor (Curtis Turbine) was born on April - 20.
1860 Pieter Jelles Troelstra, Dutch MP (SDAP) was born on this day in history.
1866 On this day in history birth of victor Hollaender, composer
1870 Simeon Roncal, composer was born on this day in history.