Famous Birthdays In August - 04

1222  On August - 04 birth of richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, English soldier (d. 1262)  

1290  Duke Leopold I of Austria (d. 1326) was born on August - 04.  

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  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 August - 04.  

1705  On August - 04 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  On August - 04 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  On August - 04 birth of maximilian Stadler, composer  

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

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 August - 04.  

1823  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of john Venn, English mathematician (d. 1923)  

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 August - 04.  

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 this day in history 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  Henri Cornet, French cyclist (d. 1941) was born on this day in history.  

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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 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  On this day in history death of wenceslaus III of Bohemia (b. 1289)  

1338  Death of Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, son of Edward I of England (b. 1300) on this day in history.  

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