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    This Is HISTORY | Birthdays

    Apr 11 1348

    Andronikos IV Palaiologos Byzantine Emperor born in Constantinople Byzantine Empire (d. 1385)

    Apr 11 1370

    Frederick I the Warlike Elector of Saxony born in Dresden Electorate of Saxony Holy Roman Empire (d. 1428)

    Apr 11 1374

    Roger Mortimer 4th Earl of March heir to the throne of England born in Usk Monmouthshire (d. 1398)

    Apr 11 1492

    Marguerite of Navarre Queen of Navarre wife of Henry II of Navarre born in Angoulme France (d. 1549)

    Apr 11 1586

    Pietro Della Valle Italian composer born in Rome (d. 1652)

    Apr 11 1592

    John Eliot English parliament leader born in Port Eliot Cornwall England (d. 1632)

    Apr 11 1638

    Diogo Dias Melgaz Portuguese composer born in Cuba Alentejo Portugal (d. 1700)

    Apr 11 1661

    Antoine Coypel French painter and poet born in Paris (d. 1722)

    Apr 11 1681

    Anne Danican Philidor French composer (Concert Spirituel) born in Paris (d. 1728)

    Apr 11 1682

    Jean-Joseph Mouret French composer born in Avignon France (d. 1738)

    Apr 11 1715

    John Alcock English composer and organist born in London (d. 1806)

    Apr 11 1721

    David Zeisberger Moravian clergyman and missionary born in Zauchtenthal Moravia (d. 1808)

    Apr 11 1722

    Christopher Smart English poet & journalist (Ceremony of Carols) born in Shipbourne England (d. 1771)

    Apr 11 1735

    Pierre Nicolas La Houssaye French violinist and composer born in Paris (d. 1818)

    Apr 11 1755

    James Parkinson English physician (First description of Parkinsons disease) and political activist born in Shoreditch London (d. 1824)

    Apr 11 1769

    Johann Georg Lickl Austrian composer born in Korneuburg Austria (d. 1843)

    Apr 11 1772

    Manuel Jose Quintana Spanish author and poet (El Duque de Viseo) born in Madrid Spain (d. 1857)

    Apr 11 1775

    Charles-Francois Dumonchau French pianist and composer born in Strasbourg France (d. 1820)

    Apr 11 1779

    Louise Reichardt German composer born in Berlin Prussia (d. 1826)

    Apr 11 1793

    Nicolaas Christiaan Kist Dutch Reformed theologian and church historian born in Woerden Netherlands (d. 1859)

    Apr 11 1794

    Edward Everett American statesman and orator born in Dorchester Massachusetts (d. 1865)

    Apr 11 1798

    Macedonio Melloni Italian physicist (radiant light) born in Parma Italy (d. 1854)

    Apr 11 1801

    Claude Tillier French journalist and writer (My Uncle Benjamin) born in Clamecy Nivre France (d. 1844)

    Apr 11 1810

    Henry Rawlinson British army officer and scholar born in Chadlington England (d. 1895)

    Apr 11 1815

    Clara Fey German Roman Catholic Nun and the founder of the Sisters of the Poor Child Jesus born in Aachen Prussia (d. 1894)

    Apr 11 1825

    Ferdinand Lassalle French socialist and political activist (Allgemeiner) born in Breslau Prussia (d. 1864)

    Apr 11 1837

    Elmer E. Ellsworth American soldier the first Union officer killed in the American Civil War born in Malta New York (d. 1861)

    Apr 11 1838

    Joseph Leopold Rckel German composer born in London (d. 1908)

    Apr 11 1840

    John Conrad Nordqvist Swedish composer born in Vnersborg lvsborg County Sweden (d. 1920)

    Apr 11 1854

    Hugh Massie Australian cricketer (Australian batsman of the 1880s) born in Port Fairy Victoria Australia (d. 1938)

    Apr 11 1856

    Arthur Shrewsbury English cricketer (dominant England bat late 19th cent) born in New Lenton Nottinghamshire England (d. 1903)

    Apr 11 1856

    Constantly Lievens Flemish missionary in India born in Moorslede Belgium (d. 1893)

    Apr 11 1859

    Basil Harwood English organist and composer born in Woodhouse Gloucestershire England (d. 1949)

    HISTORICAL EVENTS | ON THIS DAY

    Apr 11 1079 Bishop Stanislaus of Krakow is executed by order of Bolesaw II of Poland

    Apr 11 1471 Wars of the Roses King Edward IV of England siezes London from Henry VI

    Apr 11 1551 English premier John Dudley appointed Duke of Northumberland

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