Famous Personalities Born In August - 04

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

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

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

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

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

1664  On this day in history birth of louis Lully, composer   

1687  Johan Willem Friso, prince of Orange/monarch of Nassau-Dietz [OS] was born on August - 04.   

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

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)   

1721  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

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

1805  William Rowan Hamilton, Irish mathematician (d. 1865) was born on August - 04.   

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 this day in history.   

1823  Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton, (Gov-Ind), died in 1877 was born on this day in history.   

1825  Arthur Haygarth, cricketer (Middlesex & Surrey bat, famous biographer) was born on this day in history.   

1834  On this day in history 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 August - 04.   

1846  On August - 04 birth of silas Gamaliel Pratt, composer   

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  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  Harry Lauder, Scotland, comedian/singer (Roamin' in the Gloamin) was born on August - 04.   

1873  On August - 04 birth of damasco Berenguer y Fuste, Spanish general/minister of War   

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 August - 04.   

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  Simon de Montfort, English earl of Leicester, dies in battle on August - 04.   

1306  Death of Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (b. 1289) on this day in history.   

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