Famous Birthdays In May - 11
Saturday, 27 April 2024
1568 On May - 11 birth of christian I, ruler of Anhalt-Bernburg (Battle of White Mountain)
1571 Niwa Nagashige, Japanese warlord (d. 1637) was born on this day in history.
1654 Cornelis van Alkemade, Dutch historian was born on this day in history.
1720 On May - 11 birth of karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Münchhausen, German adventurer (d. 1797)
1722 On this day in history birth of peter Camper, Leyden Holland, anatomist/professor (Amsterdam)
1731 On this day in history birth of johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer
1733 On this day in history birth of victoire of France, daughter of king Louis XV (d. 1799)
1752 On May - 11 birth of johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (d. 1840)
1763 János Batsányi, Hungarian poet (d. 1845) was born on this day in history.
1772 On May - 11 birth of henri-Jean Rigel, composer
1791 On May - 11 birth of jan Vaclav Hugo Vorisek, composer
1799 John Lowell, American philanthropist (d. 1836) was born on May - 11.
1801 On this day in history birth of henri Labrouste, French architect (d. 1875)
1807 Ira Aldridge, Great 19th century black Shakespearian actor (Othello) was born on this day in history.
1811 Chang & Eng Bunker, Chinese Siamese twins was born on this day in history.
1811 Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel, member of the Swiss Federal Council (d. 1893) was born on this day in history.
1817 Fanny Cerrito, Italian ballet dancer (d. 1909) was born on May - 11.
1821 [Carlos] Charles John Stolbrand, Brig General (Union volunteers) was born on May - 11.
1823 Alfred Stevens, Belgian painter was born on May - 11.
1824 On May - 11 birth of jean-Léon Gérôme, French painter and sculptor (d. 1904)
1827 Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, French sculptor and painter (d. 1875) was born on May - 11.
1830 On May - 11 birth of john Converse Starkweather, Brig General (Union volunteers)
1835 On this day in history birth of kÄrlis Baumanis, Latvian composer (d. 1905)
1838 Walter Goodman, British painter, illustrator and author (d. 1912) was born on this day in history.
1840 Filippo Capocci, composer was born on May - 11.
1841 Ernst von Possart, German actor/stage manager/reciter was born on May - 11.
1852 On this day in history birth of charles Warren Fairbanks, (R) 26th US VP (1905-09)
1854 On this day in history birth of john Blackham, cricketer (Australia's 1st wicketkeeper)
1854 Ottmar Mergenthaler, Hachtel Germany, inventor (linotype) was born on May - 11.
1855 On May - 11 birth of anatol Konstantinovich Lyadov, Russian composer (Bewitched Lake)
1858 Carl Hauptmann, writer was born on this day in history.
1861 On May - 11 birth of frederick Russell Burnham, father of the international scouting movement (d. 1947)
1869 Francisco Lacerda, composer was born on this day in history.
1871 Frank Schlesinger, American astronomer (d. 1943) was born on this day in history.