Famous Birthdays In August - 04

1222  Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, English soldier (d. 1262) was born on August - 04.  

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  Pope Urban VII (d. 1590) was born on this day in history.  

1604  On August - 04 birth of françois Hédelin, abbé d'Aubignac, French writer (d. 1676)  

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

1687  Johan Willem Friso, prince of Orange/monarch of Nassau-Dietz [OS] was born on this day in history.  

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

1705  Vaclav Matyas Gurecky, composer was born on August - 04.  

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

1721  On this day in history birth of granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, English politician (d. 1803)  

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 August - 04.  

1792  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.  

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

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  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  On August - 04 birth of silas Gamaliel Pratt, composer  

1848  Vladimir Sukhomlinov, Russian general (d. 1926) was born on August - 04.  

1859  Knut Hamsun, Norway, writer/Nazi (Hunger-Nobel 1920) was born on this day in history.  

1865  Gus Kempis, South African cricketer (d. 1890) was born on August - 04.  

1867  On this day in history birth of jake Beckley, American baseball player (d. 1918)  

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

1873  On this day in history birth of damasco Berenguer y Fuste, Spanish general/minister of War  

1884  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of gertrude of Saxony (b. 1030)  

1204  On this day in history 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 August - 04 death of wenceslaus III of Bohemia (b. 1289)  

1338  On August - 04 death of thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, son of Edward I of England (b. 1300)  

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