Famous Personalities Born 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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1664  On August - 04 birth of louis Lully, composer   

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 August - 04.   

1705  On August - 04 birth of vaclav Matyas Gurecky, composer   

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

1721  Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, English politician (d. 1803) was born on August - 04.   

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 August - 04.   

1776  Wenzel Sedlak, composer was born on this day in history.   

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 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  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 this day in history.   

1834  John Venn, English mathematician (d. 1923) was born on this day in history.   

1839  Walter Pater, London England, writer (Plato & Platoism) was born on this day in history.   

1843  Flor van Duyse, composer was born on August - 04.   

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 August - 04.   

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

1867  Jake Beckley, American baseball player (d. 1918) was born on this day in history.   

1870  On August - 04 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  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 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 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 August - 04.   

1430  Philip of Saint-Pol, duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies at 26 on this day in history.   

1476  On this day in history death of jacob van Armagnac-Pardiac, French duke of Nemours, beheaded