Famous Birthdays In May - 04

1006  Abd-Allah Ansari, Persian mystic/poet (Monadjat) was born on this day in history.   

1008  Khajeh Abdollah Ansari, The Persian Sufi (d. 1088) was born on this day in history.   

1008  King Henry I of France (d. 1060) was born on this day in history.   

1611  On May - 04 birth of carlo Rainaldi, composer   

1631  On this day in history birth of mary I Henriette Stuart, daughter of Charles I/queen of England   

1635  Willem van Outhoorn, Dutch governor-general (Dutch East Indies) was born on May - 04.   

1654  Kangxi Emperor of China (d. 1722) was born on this day in history.   

1655  On May - 04 birth of bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori, Italy, piano builder   

1715  Richard Graves, English writer (d. 1804) was born on this day in history.   

1733  On this day in history birth of jean-Charles de Borda, French mathematician, physicist, political scientist, and sailor (d. 1799)   

1738  On May - 04 birth of josef Kohaut, composer   

1744  On this day in history birth of marianne von Martinez, composer   

1752  On this day in history birth of john Brooks, 11th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1825)   

1763  On May - 04 birth of franz Stanislaus Spindler, composer   

1767  On this day in history birth of tyagaraja, Composer of Indian classical Carnatic music (d. 1847)   

1769  On this day in history birth of charles Hague, composer   

1772  Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus, German publisher (d. 1823) was born on this day in history.   

1776  On this day in history birth of johann Friedrich Herbart, Germany, philosopher/psychologist   

1777  Charles-Louis-Joseph Hanssens, composer was born on May - 04.   

1781  On this day in history birth of karl Christian Friedrich Krause, German philosopher (d. 1832)   

1796  On this day in history birth of horace Mann, US, educator/author/editor (pioneered public schools)   

1796  Joseph Pannell Taylor, Brig General (Union Army), died in 1864 was born on this day in history.   

1796  On this day in history birth of william H. Prescott, American historian (d. 1859)   

1820  Joseph Whitaker, England, publisher, founded Whitaker's Almanack was born on May - 04.   

1820  On May - 04 birth of julia Gardiner Tyler, 2nd wife of Pres John Tyler (1841-45)   

1822  On May - 04 birth of charles Boucher de Boucherville, Quebec politician (d. 1915)   

1825  Thomas Henry Huxley, scientist/humanist/Darwinist was born on May - 04.   

1825  Augustus Le Plongeon, French antiquitarian (d. 1908) was born on May - 04.   

1826  Frederick Church, US romantic landscape painter (Hudson River Sch) was born on May - 04.   

1827  On this day in history birth of john Hanning Speke, British explorer (d. 1864)   

1835  Edmund Hart Turpin, composer was born on May - 04.   

1852  Alice Pleasance Liddell, English schoolgirl model for Alice in Wonderland (d. 1934) was born on this day in history.   

1860  Emil Nikolaus Von Reznicek, Vienna Austria, composer (Donna Diana) was born on May - 04.   

1867  On May - 04 birth of dynam-Victor Fumet, composer   

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1436  Death of Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson, Swedish statesman (b. 1390s) on this day in history.   

1471  On May - 04 death of edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales (killed in battle) (b. 1453)   

1506  On this day in history death of husayn Bayqarah, ruler of Herat (b. 1438)   

1519  On this day in history death of lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (b. 1492)   

1566  Death of Luca Ghini, Italian physician and botanist (b. 1490) on May - 04.   

1594  On this day in history paul Buys, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies at 62   

1604  Claudio Merulo, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1605  Ulisse Aldrovandi, Italian biologist/medical, dies at 82 on May - 04.