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Apr 04 1492

Ambrosius Blarer German reformer born in Konstanz Germany (d. 1564)

Apr 04 1572

William Strachey English writer ( early history of the English colonisation of North America) born in Saffron Walden Essex (d. 1621)

Apr 04 1593

Edward Nicholas English statesman (Secretary of State to Charles I and Charles II) born in Winterbourne Earls United Kingdom (d. 1669)

Apr 04 1646

Antoine Galland French orientalist and archaeologist born in Rolot France (d. 1715)

Apr 04 1648

Grinling Gibbons Dutch-born British sculptor and woodcarver born in Rotterdam Netherlands (d. 1721)

Apr 04 1688

Joseph-Nicolas Delisle French astronomer and cartographer born in Paris (d. 1768)

Apr 04 1718

Benjamin Kennicott English churchman and Hebrew scholar born in Totnes Devon (d. 1783)

Apr 04 1731

Francesc Morera i Cots Valencian composer born in Sant Mateu (d. 1793)

Apr 04 1752

Niccolo Antonio Zingarelli Italian composer (Andromeda) born in Naples Italy (d. 1837)

Apr 04 1755

Vincenc Maek Bohemian composer born in Zvkovec Czech Republic (d. 1831)

Apr 04 1758

John Hoppner English portrait painter born in Whitechapel London (d. 1810)

Apr 04 1758

Pierre-Paul Prudhon French Romantic painter and draughtsman - allegorical paintings and portraits born in Cluny Sane-et-Loire (d. 1823)

Apr 04 1762

Stephen Storace English composer born in London (d. 1796)

Apr 04 1772

Nachman of Breslov Ukrainian founder of Breslov Hasidut born in Midzyb Kingdom of Poland (d. 1810)

Apr 04 1785

Bettina von Arnim German writer and composer of the Romantic era (This Book Belongs to the King) born in Frankfurt Germany (d. 1859)

Apr 04 1792

Thaddeus Stevens US Radical Republican congressional leader (Rep-R) born in Danville Vermont (d. 1868)

Apr 04 1802

Dorothea Dix American social activist born in Hampden Maine (d. 1887)

Apr 04 1804

Joseph Fischhof Czech-Austrian pianist and composer born in Buovice Moravia (d. 1857)

Apr 04 1809

Benjamin Pierce American mathematician and astronomer (Peirces criterion for outliers) born in Salem Massachusetts (d. 1880)

Apr 04 1814

John Blair Smith Todd American politician and Brigadier General (Union Army) born in Lexington Kentucky (d. 1872)

Apr 04 1817

John Wilson Sprague American Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in White Creek New York (d. 1893)

Apr 04 1818

Thomas Mayne Reid Irish-American novelist (The Headless Horseman) born in Ballyroney County Down Ireland (d. 1883)

Apr 04 1819

Queen Maria II of Portugal Daughter of Emperor Pedro I of Brazil born in Palace of So Cristvo Rio de Janeiro Kingdom of Brazil (d. 1853)

Apr 04 1820

Charles Devens Jr American lawyer jurist statesman and Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in Charlestown Boston Massachusetts (d. 1891)

Apr 04 1821

Linus Yale Jr. American portrait painter and inventor (Yale cylinder lock) born in Salisbury New York (d. 1868)

Apr 04 1823

Carl Wilhelm Siemens German engineer and inventor (laid undersea cables) born in Gehrden Hanover Germany (d. 1883)

Apr 04 1823

Robert Byington Mitchell American Brigadier General (Union Army) born in Mansfield Ohio (d. 1882)

Apr 04 1826

Znobe Gramme Belgian electrical engineer (Gramme dynamo) born in Jehay-Bodegne Belgium (d. 1901)

Apr 04 1828

Margaret Oliphant Scottish novelist and biographer (Beleaguered City) born in Wallyford Scotland (d. 1897)

Apr 04 1831

Edward Cary Walthall American Brigadier General (Confederate Army) born in Richmond Virginia (d. 1898)

Apr 04 1836

Charles Jerome Hopkins American composer born in Burlington Vermont (d. 1898)

Apr 04 1842

Edouard Lucas French mathematician (Lucas sequences) born in Amiens France (d. 1891)

Apr 04 1843

Hans Richter Austrian-Hungarian composer born in Raab Kingdom of Hungary Austro-Hungarian Empire (d. 1916)

Apr 04 1541 Ignatius of Loyola becomes 1st superior-general of Jesuits

Apr 04 1552 Mauritius van Saksen begins alliance with Karel Anikita Stroganov

Apr 04 1558 Tsar Ivan IV gives parts of North-Russia to fur traders

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