Famous Birthdays In August - 04

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

1290  On August - 04 birth of duke Leopold I of Austria (d. 1326)  

1502  Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter/carpet designer was born on this day in history.  

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

1604  On this day in history 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 August - 04.  

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

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

1719  Johann Gottlob Lehmann, German minerologist and geologist (d. 1767) was born on this day in history.  

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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  On August - 04 birth of maximilian Stadler, composer  

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

1776  On August - 04 birth of wenzel Sedlak, composer  

1792  Percy Bysshe Shelley, England, romantic poet (Adonais) was born on this day in history.  

1799  Olof Wilhelm Udden, composer was born on August - 04.  

1805  On this day in history birth of william Rowan Hamilton, Irish mathematician (d. 1865)  

1816  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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  On this day in history birth of flor van Duyse, composer  

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

1848  Vladimir Sukhomlinov, Russian general (d. 1926) was born on this day in history.  

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

1865  On this day in history birth of gus Kempis, South African cricketer (d. 1890)  

1867  On August - 04 birth of jake Beckley, American baseball player (d. 1918)  

1870  On this day in history birth of harry Lauder, Scotland, comedian/singer (Roamin' in the Gloamin)  

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

1884  Henri Cornet, French cyclist (d. 1941) was born on August - 04.  

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1060  On this day in history henry I, King of France (1027..60), dies at 52  

1113  On this day in history death of gertrude of Saxony (b. 1030)  

1204  Death of Boniface of Montferrat, margrave of Montferrat, murdered on this day in history.  

1265  Simon de Montfort, English earl of Leicester, dies in battle on August - 04.  

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