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

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

1664  On August - 04 birth of louis Lully, composer  

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

1701  Thomas Blackwell, Scottish classical scholar (d. 1757) was born on August - 04.  

1705  On this day in history birth of vaclav Matyas Gurecky, composer  

1719  Johann Gottlob Lehmann, German minerologist and geologist (d. 1767) was born on August - 04.  

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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  On August - 04 birth of maximilian Stadler, composer  

1755  On August - 04 birth of nicolas-Jacque Conte, inventor (modern pencil)  

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

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

1799  On this day in history birth of olof Wilhelm Udden, composer  

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

1816  Israel Vogdes, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1889 was born on this day in history.  

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 August - 04.  

1823  On this day in history birth of oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton, (Gov-Ind), died in 1877  

1825  On August - 04 birth of arthur Haygarth, cricketer (Middlesex & Surrey bat, famous biographer)  

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  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1859  On August - 04 birth of knut Hamsun, Norway, writer/Nazi (Hunger-Nobel 1920)  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

1265  On this day in history simon de Montfort, English earl of Leicester, dies in battle  

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  Death of Jacob van Armagnac-Pardiac, French duke of Nemours, beheaded on this day in history.