Famous Birthdays In August - 04

1222  On August - 04 birth of richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, English soldier (d. 1262)  

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

1502  On August - 04 birth of pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter/carpet designer  

1521  On this day in history birth of pope Urban VII (d. 1590)  

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

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

1687  On this day in history birth of johan Willem Friso, prince of Orange/monarch of Nassau-Dietz [OS]  

1701  Thomas Blackwell, Scottish classical scholar (d. 1757) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

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1721  Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, English politician (d. 1803) was born on August - 04.  

1731  On this day in history birth of giuseppe Colla, composer  

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

1755  Nicolas-Jacque Conte, inventor (modern pencil) was born on this day in history.  

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

1792  On August - 04 birth of percy Bysshe Shelley, England, romantic poet (Adonais)  

1799  On August - 04 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  On August - 04 birth of lovell Harrison Rosseau, Major General (Union volunteers)  

1821  On this day in history birth of james White, American theologian (d. 1881)  

1823  Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton, (Gov-Ind), died in 1877 was born on August - 04.  

1825  Arthur Haygarth, cricketer (Middlesex & Surrey bat, famous biographer) was born on August - 04.  

1834  John Venn, English mathematician (d. 1923) was born on August - 04.  

1839  Walter Pater, London England, writer (Plato & Platoism) was born on this day in history.  

1843  On August - 04 birth of flor van Duyse, composer  

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 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  Jake Beckley, American baseball player (d. 1918) was born on this day in history.  

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  On August - 04 birth of henri Cornet, French cyclist (d. 1941)  

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

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

1204  On August - 04 death of boniface of Montferrat, margrave of Montferrat, murdered  

1265  Simon de Montfort, English earl of Leicester, dies in battle on this day in history.  

1306  On this day in history death of wenceslaus III of Bohemia (b. 1289)  

1338  On this day in history death of thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, son of Edward I of England (b. 1300)  

1430  On this day in history philip of Saint-Pol, duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies at 26  

1476  On August - 04 death of jacob van Armagnac-Pardiac, French duke of Nemours, beheaded