Famous Personalities Born 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 August - 04.   

1502  On this day in history birth of pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter/carpet designer   

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

1604  On this day in history birth of françois Hédelin, abbé d'Aubignac, French writer (d. 1676)   

1664  Louis Lully, composer was born on August - 04.   

1687  On August - 04 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  Vaclav Matyas Gurecky, composer was born on August - 04.   

1719  On this day in history birth of johann Gottlob Lehmann, German minerologist and geologist (d. 1767)   

1721  On August - 04 birth of granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, English politician (d. 1803)   

1731  Giuseppe Colla, composer was born on August - 04.   

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

1799  Olof Wilhelm Udden, composer was born on this day in history.   

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 August - 04.   

1818  On August - 04 birth of lovell Harrison Rosseau, Major General (Union volunteers)   

1821  On August - 04 birth of james White, American theologian (d. 1881)   

1823  On August - 04 birth of oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton, (Gov-Ind), died in 1877   

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

1834  On August - 04 birth of john Venn, English mathematician (d. 1923)   

1839  Walter Pater, London England, writer (Plato & Platoism) was born on August - 04.   

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

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

1848  On August - 04 birth of vladimir Sukhomlinov, Russian general (d. 1926)   

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

1865  On August - 04 birth of gus Kempis, South African cricketer (d. 1890)   

1867  Jake Beckley, American baseball player (d. 1918) was born on August - 04.   

1870  On August - 04 birth of harry Lauder, Scotland, comedian/singer (Roamin' in the Gloamin)   

1873  Damasco Berenguer y Fuste, Spanish general/minister of War was born on August - 04.   

1884  On August - 04 birth of henri Cornet, French cyclist (d. 1941)   

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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 August - 04.   

1204  On this day in history death of boniface of Montferrat, margrave of Montferrat, murdered   

1265  On August - 04 simon de Montfort, English earl of Leicester, dies in battle   

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

1338  On August - 04 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 this day in history death of jacob van Armagnac-Pardiac, French duke of Nemours, beheaded