Famous Birthdays In August - 04

1222  On this day in history birth of richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, English soldier (d. 1262)  

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

1502  On this day in history birth of pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter/carpet designer  

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 this day in history.  

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

1701  Thomas Blackwell, Scottish classical scholar (d. 1757) was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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1721  On August - 04 birth of granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, English politician (d. 1803)  

1731  Giuseppe Colla, composer was born on this day in history.  

1748  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of percy Bysshe Shelley, England, romantic poet (Adonais)  

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

1805  William Rowan Hamilton, Irish mathematician (d. 1865) was born on this day in history.  

1816  On August - 04 birth of israel Vogdes, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1889  

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 this day in history birth of arthur Haygarth, cricketer (Middlesex & Surrey bat, famous biographer)  

1834  John Venn, English mathematician (d. 1923) was born on August - 04.  

1839  Walter Pater, London England, writer (Plato & Platoism) was born on August - 04.  

1843  On August - 04 birth of flor van Duyse, composer  

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

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

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

1865  Gus Kempis, South African cricketer (d. 1890) was born on August - 04.  

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  On this day in history birth of henri Cornet, French cyclist (d. 1941)  

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

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  Simon de Montfort, English earl of Leicester, dies in battle on this day in history.  

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

1338  On this day in history death of thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, son of Edward I of England (b. 1300)  

1430  Philip of Saint-Pol, duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies at 26 on August - 04.  

1476  Death of Jacob van Armagnac-Pardiac, French duke of Nemours, beheaded on August - 04.