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    This Is HISTORY | Birthdays

    Apr 21 1488

    Ulrich von Hutten German scholar and poet born in Schlchtern Hesse

    Apr 21 1546

    Arcangelo Crivelli Italian composer born in Bergamo Italy (d. 1617)

    Apr 21 1555

    Ludovico Carracci Italian painter born in Bologna Italy (d. 1619)

    Apr 21 1619

    Jan van Riebeeck Dutch colonial administrator and founder of Cape Colony (Cape Town) born in Culemborg (d. 1677)

    Apr 21 1651

    Joseph Vaz Oratorian priest and missionary in Ceylon born in Benaulim Goa Portuguese India (d. 1711)

    Apr 21 1652

    Michel Rolle French mathematician (Rolles theorem) born in Ambert Basse-Auvergne (d. 1719)

    Apr 21 1671

    John Law Scottish economist and author (Money and Trade Considered) born in Edinburgh Scotland (d. 1729)

    Apr 21 1672

    Johann Philipp Kfer German composer born in Schney Lichtenfels Germany (d. 1728)

    Apr 21 1673

    Wilhelmine Amalia of Brunswick-Lneburg Holy Roman Empire Empress born in Hanover Germany (d. 1742)

    Apr 21 1713

    Louis de Noailles Marshal of France born in Versailles France (d. 1793)

    Apr 21 1749

    Johann Michael Malzat Austrian composer born in Vienna Austria (d. 1787)

    Apr 21 1774

    Jean-Baptiste Biot French physicist (Biot-Savart law) born in Paris (d. 1862)

    Apr 21 1775

    Alexander Anderson American engraver and illustrator (Shakespeare) born in NYC New York (d. 1870)

    Apr 21 1779

    William Knyvett British singer and composer born in Westminster London (d. 1856)

    Apr 21 1795

    Vincenzo Pallotti Italian saint (founder of the Society of the Catholic Apostolate) born in Rome (d. 1850)

    Apr 21 1803

    Levin Minn Powell American Commander (Union Navy) born in Winchester Winchester City Virginia (d. 1885)

    Apr 21 1806

    Peter van Schendel Dutch-Belgian painter (Monsieur Chandelle) born in Terheijden Netherlands (d. 1870)

    Apr 21 1809

    Robert M. T. Hunter American lawyer and politician (2nd Confederate States Secretary of State) born in Loretto Virginia (d. 1887)

    Apr 21 1810

    John Putnam Chapin American politician (10th Mayor of Chicago (1846-47) born in Bradford Vermont (d. 1864)

    Apr 21 1811

    Alson Sherman American politician (8th Mayor of Chicago 1844-45) born in Barre Vermont (d. 1903)

    Apr 21 1814

    Bni Egressy Hungarian composer born in Kazincbarcika Hungary (d. 1851)

    Apr 21 1814

    Angela Burdett-Coutts English philanthropist extrordinaire and the richest heiress in England born in London (d. 1906)

    Apr 21 1816

    Louis Wigfall American politician (Confederate States Senator from Texas 1862-85) born in Edgefield South Carolina (d. 1974)

    Apr 21 1822

    Hannibal Goodwin Episcopal priest who patented a method for making film used in Thomas Edisons Kinetoscope born in Taughannock New York (d. 1900)

    Apr 21 1824

    Anselmo Clav Spanish politician and composer born in Barcelona (d. 1874)

    Apr 21 1828

    Hippolyte Taine French philosopher and historian (Voyage in Italy) born in Vouziers Ardennes France (d. 1893)

    Apr 21 1834

    William Rufus Terrill American Brigadier General (Union Army) born in Covington City Virginia (d. 1862)

    Apr 21 1837

    Fredrik Bajer Danish politician feminist and pacifist politician (Nobel 1908) born in Nstved Denmark (d. 1922)

    Apr 21 1849

    Oskar Hertwig German embryologist (discovered fertilization) born in Friedberg Germany (d. 1922)

    Apr 21 1851

    Charles Barrois French geologist and palaeontologist born in Lille France (d. 1939)

    Apr 21 1853

    Charles Malherbe French violinist and composer born in Paris (d. 1911)

    Apr 21 1854

    Eusapia Palladino Italian spiritual medium born in Minervino Murge Apulia (d. 1918)

    Apr 21 1854

    Wadysaw Rzepko Polish composer born in Pirkw Poland (d. 1932)

    HISTORICAL EVENTS | ON THIS DAY

    Apr 21 1453 Turkish fleet sinks ships Golden Receiver in Constantinople

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