Famous Birthdays 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 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  François Hédelin, abbé d'Aubignac, French writer (d. 1676) was born on August - 04.  

1664  Louis Lully, composer was born on August - 04.  

1687  On August - 04 birth of johan Willem Friso, prince of Orange/monarch of Nassau-Dietz [OS]  

1701  On August - 04 birth of thomas Blackwell, Scottish classical scholar (d. 1757)  

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

1719  On this day in history birth of johann Gottlob Lehmann, German minerologist and geologist (d. 1767)  

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

1731  On August - 04 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 August - 04.  

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

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 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 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  Flor van Duyse, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1848  On this day in history birth of vladimir Sukhomlinov, Russian general (d. 1926)  

1859  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

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1060  Henry I, King of France (1027..60), dies at 52 on August - 04.  

1113  On August - 04 death of gertrude of Saxony (b. 1030)  

1204  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.  

1476  Death of Jacob van Armagnac-Pardiac, French duke of Nemours, beheaded on this day in history.