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Famous Birthdays In February - 04

Sunday, 19 May 2013

1465 French van Brederode, leader of Hoeksen was born on this day in history.

1524 Luis de Camões, Portugal's greatest poet. (d. 1580) was born on this day in history.

1549 Eustache du Caurroy, composer was born on this day in history.

1575 Pierre de Barulle, French cardinal was born on this day in history.

1581 Daniel Selich, composer was born on this day in history.

1620 On this day in history birth of gustaf Bonde, Swedish statesman (d. 1667)

1646 On this day in history birth of hans A Freiherr von Abschatz, Silesian poet

1677 Johann Ludwig Bach, German composer (d. 1731) was born on this day in history.

1688 On this day in history birth of pierre De Marivaux, Paris France, writer (Marianne)

1693 George Lillo, bourgeois English dramatist (London Merchant) was born on this day in history.

1725 Dru Drury, English entomologist (d. 1804) was born on this day in history.

1746 Tadeusz Kościuszko, Polish, Belarusian and Lithuanian national hero (d. 1817) was born on this day in history.

1747 Tadeusz Kosciusko, Poland, patriot, (NY Bridge) was born on this day in history.

1751 On this day in history birth of blas de Laserna, composer

1758 Pierre-Gabriel Gardel, French ballet dancer/choreographer was born on this day in history.

1764 Carel H Verhuell, Dutch/French vice-admiral/minister of Navy was born on this day in history.

1767 Johann Franz Volkert, composer was born on this day in history.

1768 On this day in history birth of maurits C van Hall, Dutch ruler of Heicop & Boeicop, lawyer/politician

1769 Samuel I Wiselius, Dutch lawyer/businessman/writer was born on this day in history.

1778 A. P. de Candolle, Swiss botanist (d. 1841) was born on this day in history.

1799 On this day in history birth of joao Batista da Silva Leitao de Almeida Garret, Portuguese playwright

1802 Mark Hopkins, US, educator/philosopher (Williams College) was born on this day in history.

1805 On this day in history birth of georg Andreas Henkel, composer

1805 William H Ainsworth, English writer (Old St Paul's, Rookwood) was born on this day in history.

1808 Josef Kajetán Tyl, Czech playwright, author of the Czech national anthem(d. 1856) was born on this day in history.

1819 On this day in history birth of joshua Norton, SF, Norton I, emperor of USA

1826 Halbert Eleazer Paine, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1905 was born on this day in history.

1831 On this day in history birth of oliver Ames, 35th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1895)

1841 Clément Ader, French aviation pioneer (d. 1926) was born on this day in history.

1842 On this day in history birth of georg Brandes, [Morris Cohen], Danish literary-historian/critic

1842 Vasili O Klyutshevski, Russian historian was born on this day in history.

1846 Nikolay Umov, Russian physicist (d. 1915) was born on this day in history.

1848 On this day in history birth of [Francois-Victor-]Jean Aicard, Fren playwright/poet (Jeune Croyances)

1849 Jean Richepin, French poet/writer (Les Chansons de Gueux) was born on this day in history.

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Famous Deaths In February - 04

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1189 On this day in history gilbert of Sempringham, English monastery founder/saint, dies

1222 On this day in history willem I, earl of Holland (1203-22), dies

1503 Queen Elizabeth, consort of Henry VII of England, dies on this day in history.

1505 On this day in history joan of Valois, Queen of France/saint, dies at 40

1508 On this day in history death of conrad Celtes, German humanist scholar (b. 1459)

1553 On this day in history caspar Othmayr, composer, dies at 37

1590 Gioseffo Zarlino, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.

1615 On this day in history death of dom Justo Takayama, Japanese warlord (b. 1552)