Famous Birthdays In August - 04

1222  Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, English soldier (d. 1262) was born on this day in history.  

1290  On this day in history birth of duke Leopold I of Austria (d. 1326)  

1502  On this day in history birth of pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter/carpet designer  

1521  On August - 04 birth of pope Urban VII (d. 1590)  

1604  On August - 04 birth of françois Hédelin, abbé d'Aubignac, French writer (d. 1676)  

1664  Louis Lully, composer was born on this day in history.  

1687  Johan Willem Friso, prince of Orange/monarch of Nassau-Dietz [OS] was born on this day in history.  

1701  On August - 04 birth of thomas Blackwell, Scottish classical scholar (d. 1757)  

1705  On August - 04 birth of vaclav Matyas Gurecky, composer  

1719  Johann Gottlob Lehmann, German minerologist and geologist (d. 1767) was born on this day in history.  

1721  Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, English politician (d. 1803) was born on this day in history.  

1731  Giuseppe Colla, composer was born on August - 04.  

1748  Maximilian Stadler, composer was born on August - 04.  

1755  Nicolas-Jacque Conte, inventor (modern pencil) was born on August - 04.  

1776  On August - 04 birth of wenzel Sedlak, composer  

1792  On this day in history birth of percy Bysshe Shelley, England, romantic poet (Adonais)  

1799  On this day in history birth of olof Wilhelm Udden, composer  

1805  William Rowan Hamilton, Irish mathematician (d. 1865) was born on this day in history.  

1816  Israel Vogdes, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1889 was born on this day in history.  

1818  Lovell Harrison Rosseau, Major General (Union volunteers) was born on this day in history.  

1821  James White, American theologian (d. 1881) was born on this day in history.  

1823  Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton, (Gov-Ind), died in 1877 was born on this day in history.  

1825  Arthur Haygarth, cricketer (Middlesex & Surrey bat, famous biographer) was born on this day in history.  

1834  On August - 04 birth of john Venn, English mathematician (d. 1923)  

1839  Walter Pater, London England, writer (Plato & Platoism) was born on August - 04.  

1843  Flor van Duyse, composer was born on this day in history.  

1846  Silas Gamaliel Pratt, composer was born on this day in history.  

1848  Vladimir Sukhomlinov, Russian general (d. 1926) was born on August - 04.  

1859  On August - 04 birth of knut Hamsun, Norway, writer/Nazi (Hunger-Nobel 1920)  

1865  On this day in history birth of gus Kempis, South African cricketer (d. 1890)  

1867  On August - 04 birth of jake Beckley, American baseball player (d. 1918)  

1870  Harry Lauder, Scotland, comedian/singer (Roamin' in the Gloamin) was born on this day in history.  

1873  On August - 04 birth of damasco Berenguer y Fuste, Spanish general/minister of War  

1884  On this day in history birth of henri Cornet, French cyclist (d. 1941)  

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1060  On this day in history henry I, King of France (1027..60), dies at 52  

1113  Death of Gertrude of Saxony (b. 1030) on August - 04.  

1204  Death of Boniface of Montferrat, margrave of Montferrat, murdered on August - 04.  

1265  Simon de Montfort, English earl of Leicester, dies in battle on August - 04.  

1306  On August - 04 death of wenceslaus III of Bohemia (b. 1289)  

1338  Death of Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, son of Edward I of England (b. 1300) on August - 04.  

1430  On August - 04 philip of Saint-Pol, duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies at 26  

1476  Death of Jacob van Armagnac-Pardiac, French duke of Nemours, beheaded on August - 04.