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Apr 06 1613

Stjepan Gradi Croatian philosopher and scientist (d. 1683)

Apr 06 1632

Maria Leopoldine of Austria Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1649)

Apr 06 1651

Andr Dacier French classical scholar (d. 1722)

Apr 06 1660

Johann Kuhnau German composer and writer born in Geising (d. 1722)

Apr 06 1671

Jean-Baptiste Rousseau French playwrightpoet (Sacred Odes & Songs)

Apr 06 1708

Johann George Reutter Austrian composer born in Vienna (d. 1772)

Apr 06 1773

James Mill Scottish philosopher and historian (History of British India) born in Angus Scotland (d. 1836)

Apr 06 1778

Joseph Funk early American composer born in Bucks County Pennsylvania (d. 1862)

Apr 06 1810

Philip Gosse intentor of institutional aquarium writer (Omphalos)

Apr 06 1815

Friedrich Robert Volkmann German composer born in Lommatzsch Saxony (d. 1883)

Apr 06 1818

Aasmund Olavsson Vinje Norwegian poet (d. 1870)

Apr 06 1823

Joseph Medill St John NB Canada newspaper editor (Chicago Tribune)

Apr 06 1828

Charles William Field Major General (Confederate Army) (d. 1892)

Apr 06 1830

James Augustine Healy Macon Ga 1st African American Roman Catholic bishop

Apr 06 1833

Johan H C Kern Dutch linguist (Sanskrit Old Javan)

Apr 06 1849

John William Waterhouse British painter (d. 1917)

Apr 06 1851

Guillaume Bigourdan French astronomer (d. 1932)

Apr 06 1866

Joseph Lincoln Steffens muckrakerjournalist (Shame of the Cities)

Apr 06 1871

Alexander grandson of Englands Queen Victoria

Apr 06 1883

Walter Huston Canadian actor (Maltese Falcon Treasure of Sierra Madre) born in Toronto Ontario Canada (d. 1950)

Apr 06 1886

Osman Ali Khan Asaf Jah VII The Last Nizam of Hyderabad state (d. 1967)

Apr 06 1888

Daniel Andersson Swedish poetwriter (Svarta Ballader)

Apr 06 1889

Barry Macollum Irish actor (The Trouble with Harry) born in Ireland (d. 1971)

Apr 06 1889

Gabriela Mistral [Lucila Godoy y Alcayaga] poet (Noebel Prize 1945) and diplomat born in Vicua Chile (d. 1957)

Apr 06 1890

Anthony Fokker Dutch aviation pioneer and an aircraft manufacturer (Eindecker monoplanes Fokker Triplane)

Apr 06 1892

Lowell Thomas Woodington Ohio newscaster (High Adventure)

Apr 06 1898

Bobby Gilbert American actor (Some Like It HotThe Rebel Set) born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania (d. 1973)

Apr 06 1900

Andres Sas Belgian Peruvian composer born in Paris (d. 1967)

Apr 06 1900

Leo Robin American writer (Thanks For the Memory)

Apr 06 1901

Willem Pelemans Flemish composermusic reviewer

Apr 06 1901

Pier Giorgio Frassati Italian Catholic (d. 1925)

Apr 06 1902

Gertrude Short American actress (Stella Dallas Blonde Venus) born in Cincinnati Ohio (d. 1968)

Apr 06 1906

Virginia Hall [Goillot] American spy with British Special Operations during WWII (1940-1966) born in Baltimore Maryland (d. 1982)

Apr 06 1320 The Scots reaffirm their independence by signing the Declaration of Arbroath

Apr 06 1327 Italian poet Petrarch 1st sets eyes on his beloved Laura

Apr 06 1362 Tard-Venus robber bands strike at Brignais France

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