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    This Is HISTORY | Birthdays

    Apr 16 1319

    John II the Good King of France (1350-64) born in Le Mans France (d. 1364)

    Apr 16 1495

    Petrus Apianus [Peter Apian] German mathematician astronomer and cartographer born in Leisnig Saxony (d. 1557)

    Apr 16 1628

    Cornelis Evertsen the Younger Dutch vice admiral of Zealand born in Flushing Netherlands (d. 1679)

    Apr 16 1635

    Frans van Mieris the Elder Dutch painter born in Leiden Netherlands (d. 1681)

    Apr 16 1646

    Jules Hardouin Mansart French architect born in Paris (d. 1708)

    Apr 16 1648

    John Luyken Dutch poet and etcher (Duytse Lyre) born in Amsterdam (d. 1712)

    Apr 16 1660

    Hans Sloane Irish physician naturalist and collector (providing the foundation of the British Museum) born in Killyleagh Ulster Ireland (d. 1753)

    Apr 16 1661

    Charles Montagu 1st Earl of Halifax English poet and statesman born in Horton Northamptonshire England (d. 1715)

    Apr 16 1673

    Francesco Feroci Italian composer born in San Giovanni Valdarno Italy (d. 1750)

    Apr 16 1682

    John Hadley English mathematician and inventor (octant) born in Bloomsbury London (d. 1744)

    Apr 16 1693

    Anne Sophie Reventlow Queen of Denmark and Norway (1721-30) born in Clausholm Castle Denmark (d. 1743)

    Apr 16 1697

    Johann Gottlieb Gorner German composer born in Penig Germany (d. 1778)

    Apr 16 1728

    Joseph Black Scottish chemist and physicist known for his discoveries of magnesium latent heat and carbon dioxide born in Bordeaux France (d. 1799)

    Apr 16 1738

    Henry Clinton British army officer and politician born in Newfoundland British Canada (d. 1795)

    Apr 16 1755

    lisabeth-Louise Vige Le Brun French painter born in Paris (d. 1842)

    Apr 16 1786

    John Franklin English rear admiral and explorer (Arctic) born in Spilsby Lincolnshire England (d. 1847)

    Apr 16 1800

    Jozef Stefani Polish composer born in Warsaw Poland (d. 1876)

    Apr 16 1800

    William Chambers Scottish author and publisher (Basis of Communication & Coding) born in Peebles Scotland (d. 1883)

    Apr 16 1800

    George Bingham 3rd Earl of Lucan British army officer (Charge of the Light Brigade) born in London England (d. 1888)

    Apr 16 1808

    Caleb Blood Smith American journalist and politician 6th U.S. Secretary of the Interior born in Boston Massachusetts (d. 1864)

    Apr 16 1816

    Edward Johnson American Major General (Confederate Army) born in Midlothian Virginia (d. 1873)

    Apr 16 1820

    Georg Curtius German classical linguist born in Lbeck Germany (d. 1885)

    Apr 16 1821

    Ford Madox Brown British painter born in Calais France (d. 1893)

    Apr 16 1823

    Mother Joseph of the Sacred Heart [Esther Pariseau] Canadian religious leader (US capitol) born in Saint-Elzar Quebec Canada (d. 1902)

    Apr 16 1823

    Orlando Bolivar Wilcox American Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in Detroit Michigan (d. 1907)

    Apr 16 1823

    Ferdinand Eisenstein German mathematician (number theory) born in Berlin Prussia (d. 1852)

    Apr 16 1827

    Octave Crmazie French Canadian poet born in Quebec City Canada (d. 1879)

    Apr 16 1838

    Karel Bendl Czech composer born in Prague (d. 1897)

    Apr 16 1844

    Anatole France [Jacques Anatole Thibault] French writer (Thas Wickerwork Woman Nobel 1921) born in Paris (d. 1924)

    Apr 16 1847

    Hans Auer Swiss-Austrian architect born in Wdenswil Switerland (d. 1906)

    Apr 16 1848

    Kandukuri Veeresalingam Social reformer of Andhra Pradesh born in Rajahmundry Andhra Pradesh India (d. 1919)

    Apr 16 1850

    Herbert Baxter Adams American historian (American Historical Association) born in Shutesbury Massachusetts (d. 1901)

    Apr 16 1851

    Ernst Josephson Swedish painter born in Stockholm Sweden (d. 1906)

    HISTORICAL EVENTS | ON THIS DAY

    Apr 16 1178 BC A solar eclipse may have marked the return of Odysseus legendary King of Ithaca to his kingdom after the Trojan War

    Apr 16 1071 Bari falls to Robert Guiscard ending Byzantine rule in Italy

    Apr 16 1346 The Serbian Empire is proclaimed in Skopje at an Easter assembly and Stephen Uro IV Duan crowned Emperor over much of the Balkans

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