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Apr 19 1501

Erasmus Sarcerius German Lutheran theologian and reformer born in Annaberg Saxony (d. 1559)

Apr 19 1603

Michel le Tellier French statesman born in Paris (d. 1685)

Apr 19 1605

Orazio Benevoli Franco-Italian composer born in Rome (d. 1672)

Apr 19 1658

Johann Wilhelm Elector Palatine (1690-1716) born in Dsseldorf Germany (d. 1716)

Apr 19 1660

Sebastin Durn Spanish composer born in Brihuega Guadalajara Spain (d. 1716)

Apr 19 1665

Jacques Lelong French bibliographer born in Paris (d. 1721)

Apr 19 1686

Vasily Tatishchev Russian statesman born in Pskov Russia (d. 1750)

Apr 19 1715

James Nares English composer born in Stanwell (d. 1783)

Apr 19 1728

Francisco Albergati Capacelli Italian writer and playwright born in Bologna (d. 1804)

Apr 19 1737

Geert Reinders Dutch cattle breeder and inoculation propagandist born in Bedum Netherlands (d. 1815)

Apr 19 1768

Adrian Hardy Haworth English entomologist and botanist born in Hull England (d. 1833)

Apr 19 1770

Georg Abraham Schneider German horn player and composer born in Darmstadt Germany (d. 1839)

Apr 19 1772

David Ricardo English economist (On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation) born in London (d. 1823)

Apr 19 1785

Alexandre Pierre Franois Boly French composer born in Versailles France (d. 1858)

Apr 19 1787

Deaf Smith American frontiersman and revolutionary born in Dutchess County New York (d. 1837)

Apr 19 1793

Ferdinand I Emperor of Austria (1835-48) born in Vienna Austria (d. 1875)

Apr 19 1795

Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg German naturalist and zoologist (micro-organisms) born in Delitzsch Germany (d. 1876)

Apr 19 1798

Franz Joseph Glser Czech-Danish composer born in Horn Jietn Bohemia (d. 1861)

Apr 19 1798

Heinrich Maria von Hess German historical painter born in Dsseldorf Germany (d. 1863)

Apr 19 1801

Gustav Fechner German philosopher and physicist (WeberFechner law) born in arki Wielkie Poland (d. 1887)

Apr 19 1814

Louis Amde Achard French novelist (The Cloak and Dagger) born in Marseille France (d. 1875)

Apr 19 1817

John Philip Spanish John Scottish painter born in Aberdeen (d. 1865)

Apr 19 1821

Mortimer Dormer Leggett American Major General (Union Army) born in Ithaca New York (d. 1896)

Apr 19 1832

Lucretia Garfield First Lady of the United States as the wife of James A. Garfield (1881) born in Garrettsville Ohio (d. 1918)

Apr 19 1850

Edward John Gregory British painter and engraver born in Southampton England (d. 1909)

Apr 19 1850

Theo Mann-Bouwmeester Dutch actress (Pink Bernd Hedda Gabler) born in Zutphen Gelderland Netherlands (d. 1939)

Apr 19 1857

Lucien Lvy-Bruhl French scholar and philosopher born in Paris (d. 1939)

Apr 19 1858

May Robson [Mary J Robison] Australian actress (Apple Annie) born in Moama New South Wales Australia (d. 1942)

Apr 19 1858

Siegfried Ochs German composer born in Frankfurt Germany (d. 1929)

Apr 19 1861

Edward Vermeulen Flemish writer born in Beselare Belgium (d. 1934)

Apr 19 1863

Felix Blumenfeld Russian composer conductor and pianist born in Kirovohrad Ukraine (d. 1931)

Apr 19 1830

Karl Josef Rudolph Cornely German Jesuit biblical scholar born in Breyell Germany (d. 1908)

Apr 19 1832

Jos Echegaray Spanish dramatist (Nobel 1904) born in Madrid Spain (d. 1916)

Apr 19 1524 Pope Clemens VII fires Neth inquisitor-general French Van de Holly

Apr 19 1539 Charles protestant German monarch signs Treaty of Frankrfurt

Apr 19 1770 Amsterdam buys Van Aerssens family 13 part of Suriname

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