Famous Birthdays In August - 04

1222  Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, English soldier (d. 1262) was born on this day in history.   

1290  Duke Leopold I of Austria (d. 1326) was born on this day in history.   

1502  Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter/carpet designer was born on August - 04.   

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 this day in history.   

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 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 August - 04.   

1731  On August - 04 birth of giuseppe Colla, composer   

1748  On August - 04 birth of maximilian Stadler, composer   

1755  Nicolas-Jacque Conte, inventor (modern pencil) was born on August - 04.   

1776  Wenzel Sedlak, composer was born on August - 04.   

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

1799  On August - 04 birth of olof Wilhelm Udden, composer   

1805  On August - 04 birth of william Rowan Hamilton, Irish mathematician (d. 1865)   

1816  On August - 04 birth of israel Vogdes, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1889   

1818  Lovell Harrison Rosseau, Major General (Union volunteers) was born on August - 04.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1843  Flor van Duyse, composer was born on this day in history.   

1846  Silas Gamaliel Pratt, composer was born on this day in history.   

1848  Vladimir Sukhomlinov, Russian general (d. 1926) was born on this day in history.   

1859  Knut Hamsun, Norway, writer/Nazi (Hunger-Nobel 1920) was born on August - 04.   

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  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 this day in history.   

1113  Death of Gertrude of Saxony (b. 1030) on this day in history.   

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

1430  On August - 04 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