Famous Personalities Born In August - 04

1222  On this day in history birth of richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, English soldier (d. 1262)   

1290  Duke Leopold I of Austria (d. 1326) was born on August - 04.   

1502  Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter/carpet designer was born on this day in history.   

1521  Pope Urban VII (d. 1590) was born on August - 04.   

1604  François Hédelin, abbé d'Aubignac, French writer (d. 1676) was born on August - 04.   

1664  On August - 04 birth of louis Lully, composer   

1687  On August - 04 birth of johan Willem Friso, prince of Orange/monarch of Nassau-Dietz [OS]   

1701  On this day in history birth of thomas Blackwell, Scottish classical scholar (d. 1757)   

1705  On this day in history birth of vaclav Matyas Gurecky, composer   

1719  On August - 04 birth of johann Gottlob Lehmann, German minerologist and geologist (d. 1767)   

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  On this day in history birth of nicolas-Jacque Conte, inventor (modern pencil)   

1776  Wenzel Sedlak, composer was born on this day in history.   

1792  Percy Bysshe Shelley, England, romantic poet (Adonais) was born on this day in history.   

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

1805  On this day in history birth of william Rowan Hamilton, Irish mathematician (d. 1865)   

1816  Israel Vogdes, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1889 was born on August - 04.   

1818  On this day in history birth of lovell Harrison Rosseau, Major General (Union volunteers)   

1821  James White, American theologian (d. 1881) was born on August - 04.   

1823  On this day in history birth of oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton, (Gov-Ind), died in 1877   

1825  On August - 04 birth of arthur Haygarth, cricketer (Middlesex & Surrey bat, famous biographer)   

1834  On this day in history birth of john Venn, English mathematician (d. 1923)   

1839  On August - 04 birth of walter Pater, London England, writer (Plato & Platoism)   

1843  On this day in history birth of flor van Duyse, composer   

1846  Silas Gamaliel Pratt, composer was born on August - 04.   

1848  On this day in history birth of vladimir Sukhomlinov, Russian general (d. 1926)   

1859  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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  Damasco Berenguer y Fuste, Spanish general/minister of War was born on this day in history.   

1884  Henri Cornet, French cyclist (d. 1941) was born on August - 04.   

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1060  Henry I, King of France (1027..60), dies at 52 on August - 04.   

1113  On this day in history death of gertrude of Saxony (b. 1030)   

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

1265  On this day in history simon de Montfort, English earl of Leicester, dies in battle   

1306  Death of Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (b. 1289) on August - 04.   

1338  Death of Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, son of Edward I of England (b. 1300) on this day in history.   

1430  Philip of Saint-Pol, duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies at 26 on August - 04.   

1476  On this day in history death of jacob van Armagnac-Pardiac, French duke of Nemours, beheaded