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Apr 07 1506

Francis Xavier saintJesuit missionary to India Malaya & Japan

Apr 07 1534

Jose de Anchieta Spanish jesuitmissionary (Brazilian Tupi-Indians)

Apr 07 1613

Gerard Dou Dutch painter (Night School) (d. 1675)

Apr 07 1622

Louise Hollandine daughter of King Frederik V & Elizabeth Stuart

Apr 07 1629

Juan Jose of Austria Spanish generalgovernor of Netherlands

Apr 07 1644

Franois de Neufville duc de Villeroi French soldier (d. 1730)

Apr 07 1648

John Sheffield 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby English statesman and poet (d. 1721)

Apr 07 1652

Clement XII [Lorenzo Corsini] Italian Pope (1730-40) who despite ill health and total blindness (1732) unsuccessfully stemmed decline of papal influence born in Florence (d. 1740)

Apr 07 1718

Hugh Blair Scottish preacher and man of letters (d. 1800)

Apr 07 1727

Henri Hardouin French composer born in Grandpr (d. 1808)

Apr 07 1775

Francis C Lowell founded 1st raw cotton-to-cloth textile mill

Apr 07 1780

William Ellery Channing American Unitarian clergyman

Apr 07 1786

William Rufus DeVane King American politician 13th US Vice President (1853) born in Sampson County North Carolina (d. 1853)

Apr 07 1858

Adrien H Gerhard Dutch socialist politician (SDAP)

Apr 07 1859

Walter Camp father of American football (Yale) born in New Britain Connecticut (d. 1925)

Apr 07 1860

Will Keith Kellogg American cereal manufacturer (Kelloggs cereal brand) born in Battle Creek Michigan (d. 1951)

Apr 07 1869

David Grandison Fairchild American botanistexplorer brought plants to US

Apr 07 1801

Henry Eagle Commander (Union Navy) (d. 1882)

Apr 07 1803

Flora Tristan French writer and social activist born in Paris (d. 1844)

Apr 07 1805

Francis Wilkinson Pickens (Gov-SC Confederacy) (d. 1869)

Apr 07 1822

Gershom Mott American Major General (Union Army) born in Lamberton New Jersey (d. 1884)

Apr 07 1841

Jozef Neuhuys [Joseph Hendrikus Neuhuys] Dutch painter born in Utrecht Netherlands (d. 1889)

Apr 07 1847

J. P. [Jens Peter] Jacobsen Danish writer (Niels Lyhne) born in Thisted Jutland (d. 1885)

Apr 07 1848

Randall Thomas Davidson Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1930)

Apr 07 1872

William Monroe Trotter Hyde Park Massachusetts newspaper editor and African-American rights activist

Apr 07 1873

John McGraw American Baseball Hall of Fame infieldermanager (manager NY Giants World Series champions 1905 21-22) born in Truxton New York (d. 1934)

Apr 07 1878

Maitland Hathorn South African cricketer (12 tests 1901-11) born in Pietermaritzburg South Africa (d. 1920)

Apr 07 1878

Jozef C Bittremieux Flemish theologist (Virgin & Mother of God)

Apr 07 1882

Bert Dainty Ironmonger cricketer (belated Australian rep 1928-33)

Apr 07 1882

Kurt von Schleiger German chancellor (12232-12833)

Apr 07 1884

Louis H N Bosch van Rosenthal Dutch politicianresistance fighter

Apr 07 1886

Ed Lafitte American baseball player (d. 1971)

Apr 07 1890

Marjory Stoneman Douglas environmentalist (1st Lady of Everglades)

Apr 07 1118 Pope Gelasius II excommunicated Henry V Holy Roman Emperor

Apr 07 1348 Prague University first university in central Europe formed by Charles IV

Apr 07 1456 Louis van Burbon becomes prince-bishop of Luik

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