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    This Is HISTORY | Birthdays

    Apr 01 1283

    Ludwig IV of Baveria Roman Catholic Bavarian emperor (1314-47)

    Apr 01 1543

    Franois de Bonne duc de Lesdiguires Constable of France (d. 1626)

    Apr 01 1578

    William Harvey English physician (discovered blood circulation) born in Folkestone Kent (d. 1657)

    Apr 01 1582

    Thomas Simpson English composer who worked in Germany born in Kent (d. 1628)

    Apr 01 1610

    Charles de Saint-vremond French soldier (d. 1703)

    Apr 01 1621

    Guru Teg Bahadur Ji ninth Nanak 9th of 10 Guru of the Sikhs born in Amritsar India (d. 1675)

    Apr 01 1647

    John Wilmot 2nd Earl of Rochester English poet (d. 1680)

    Apr 01 1697

    Antoine Franois Prvost French author and novelist (d. 1763)

    Apr 01 1721

    Pieter Hellendaal Dutch violinistorganistcomposer (Glees)

    Apr 01 1753

    Joseph de Maistre French diplomat and writer (d. 1821)

    Apr 01 1755

    Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin French lawyer (Fisiologia del Gusto)

    Apr 01 1765

    Luigi Schiavonetti Italian engraver (d. 1810)

    Apr 01 1772

    Ignaz Franz von Mosel Austrian composer born in Vienna (d. 1844)

    Apr 01 1802

    Hubert Reis German composer and violinist born in Bonn (d. 1886)

    Apr 01 1807

    Fredrik Cygnaeus Finnish poetliterature critic

    Apr 01 1823

    Simn Bolvar Buckner Lt Gen (Confederate Army) (d. 1914)

    Apr 01 1847

    Jules-Nicolas Crevaux French explorer (South America)

    Apr 01 1852

    Edward Austin Abbey American painter (Quest of the Holy Grail)

    Apr 01 1856

    Acacio Gabriel Viegas Indian physician (d. 1933)

    Apr 01 1858

    Arnold Aletrino Dutch physician-criminologistauthor (From Life)

    Apr 01 1858

    Gaetano Mosca Italian sociologist (Circulation of Elite)

    Apr 01 1865

    Richard Zsigmondy German chemist (Nobel-1925)

    Apr 01 1866

    Ferruccio Busoni Italian pianistcomposerconductor (Arlecchino) born in Empoli (d. 1924)

    Apr 01 1866

    Sophonisba Breckenridge scholarteachersocial activist

    Apr 01 1868

    Edmond Rostand French poetplaywright (Cyrano de Bergerac)

    Apr 01 1873

    Sergei Rachmaninoff Novgorod Russia composer (Prelude in C Minor)

    Apr 01 1878

    Carl Sternheim German playwright (HyperionTabula Rasa)

    Apr 01 1882

    Paul Anspach Belgian Olympic champion fencer (d. 1991)

    Apr 01 1883

    Aleksander V Aleksandrov Russian composerconductor

    Apr 01 1883

    Leonidas Lon Chaney American actor nicknamed the man of a 1000 faces (High Noon Phantom of the Opera) born in Colorado Springs Colorado (d. 1930)

    Apr 01 1884

    Laurette Taylor [Helen Loretta Cooney] American actress (Peg o My Heart) born in NYC New York (d. 1946)

    Apr 01 1885

    Clementine Ogilvy Spencer-Churchill (Hozier) British barones

    Apr 01 1893

    Cicely Courtneidge Australian actress (Double Exposure) born in Sydney New South Wales (d. 1980)

    HISTORICAL EVENTS | ON THIS DAY

    Apr 01 1064 Body of bishop Eleutherius of Blandain moved to Doornik

    Apr 01 1318 Berwick-upon-Tweed is captured by the Scottish from the English.

    Apr 01 1340 Niels Ebbesen kills Gerhard III of Holstein in his bedroom ending the 1332- interregnum in Denmark.

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