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Apr 12 1484

Antonio da Sangallo the Younger Italian architect born in Florence (d. 1546)

Apr 12 1500

Joachim Camerarius [Liebhard Kammerer] German classical scholar born in Bamberg Germany (d. 1574)

Apr 12 1526

Marc-Antoine de Muret French humanist born in Muret France (d. 1585)

Apr 12 1550

Edward de Vere 17th Earl of Oxford Lord Great Chamberlain of England born in Hedingham Castle Essex England (d. 1604)

Apr 12 1577

Christian IV of Denmark King of Denmark and Norway (1588-1648) born in Frederiksborg Palace Denmark (d. 1648)

Apr 12 1579

Franois de Bassompierre marshal of France born in Harou France (d. 1646)

Apr 12 1626

Paul Hainlein German composer born in Nuremberg (d. 1686)

Apr 12 1695

Caspar Burman Dutch historian and Mayor of Utrecht born in Utrecht Netherlands (d. 1755)

Apr 12 1705

William Cookworthy English chemist born in Kingsbridge Devon (d. 1780)

Apr 12 1710

Caffarelli [Gaetano Majorano] Italian castrato soprano born in Bitonto Italy (d. 1783)

Apr 12 1713

Guillaume Thomas Franois Raynal French writer born in Lapanouse France (d. 1796)

Apr 12 1716

Felice Giardini Italian composer born in Turin Italy (d. 1796)

Apr 12 1722

Pietro Nardini Italian composer born in Livorno (d. 1793)

Apr 12 1724

Lyman Hall American physician and signer (Declaration of Independence) born in Wallingford Connecticut (d. 1790)

Apr 12 1726

Charles Burney English music historian born in Shrewsbury England (d. 1814)

Apr 12 1727

Gaspare Gabellone Italian composer born in Naples Italy (d. 1796)

Apr 12 1748

Antoine Laurent de Jussieu French botanist (Classification of flowering plants) born in Lyon France (d. 1836)

Apr 12 1760

Juan Manuel Olivares Venezuelan composer born in Caracas (d. 1797)

Apr 12 1764

Dirk van den Boetzelaer Regent of Holland born in Leiden Netherlands (d. 1819)

Apr 12 1769

Giovanni Agostino Perotti Italian composer born in Vercelli Italy (d. 1855)

Apr 12 1788

Johan Erik Nordblom Swedish composer born in Uppsala Sweden (d. 1848)

Apr 12 1791

Francis Preston Blair American journalist and newspaper editor (Washington Globe) born in Abingdon Virginia (d. 1876)

Apr 12 1792

John George Lambton British statesman (1st Earl of Durham) born in London England (d. 1840)

Apr 12 1794

Germinal Pierre Dandelin Belgian mathematician (geometry) born in Paris (d. 1847)

Apr 12 1796

George N. Briggs American lawyer and politician 19th Governor of Massachusetts born in Adams Massachusetts (d. 1861)

Apr 12 1799

Henri Druey Swiss politician and a founding father of constitutional democracy in Switzerland born in Faoug Switzerland (d. 1855)

Apr 12 1801

Henry de Cock Dutch reformed vicar and secession leader born in Veendam Groningen the Netherlands (d. 1842)

Apr 12 1801

Joseph Franz Karl Lanner Austrian composer and violinist born in Vienna Austria (d. 1843)

Apr 12 1802

Francis Libermann French religious leader (Congregation of Heart) born in Saverne France (d. 1852)

Apr 12 1815

Henry Hugo Pierson English composer born in Oxford (d. 1873)

Apr 12 1823

Aleksandr Ostrovsky [Alexander Ostrovsky] Russian playwright (Artists & Admirers) born in Moscow Russian Empire (d. 1886)

Apr 12 1827

Edward Mollenhauer American composer born in Erfurt Prussia (d. 1914)

Apr 12 1831

Constantin Meunier Belgian painter and sculptor born in Etterbeek Belgium (d. 1905)

Apr 12 1065 Pilgrims under bishop Gunther of Bamberg reach Jerusalem

Apr 12 1204 4th Crusade occupies & plunders Constantinople

Apr 12 1229 Queen Blanche of Castile & Earl Raymond VII of Toulouse sign peace

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