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 August - 04.  

1521  On this day in history birth of pope Urban VII (d. 1590)  

1604  On August - 04 birth of françois Hédelin, abbé d'Aubignac, French writer (d. 1676)  

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

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

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1721  Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, English politician (d. 1803) was born on this day in history.  

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 August - 04.  

1776  On August - 04 birth of wenzel Sedlak, composer  

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 August - 04 birth of william Rowan Hamilton, Irish mathematician (d. 1865)  

1816  Israel Vogdes, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1889 was born on this day in history.  

1818  On August - 04 birth of lovell Harrison Rosseau, Major General (Union volunteers)  

1821  On August - 04 birth of james White, American theologian (d. 1881)  

1823  Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton, (Gov-Ind), died in 1877 was born on August - 04.  

1825  On August - 04 birth of arthur Haygarth, cricketer (Middlesex & Surrey bat, famous biographer)  

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

1839  On this day in history birth of walter Pater, London England, writer (Plato & Platoism)  

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

1846  On this day in history birth of silas Gamaliel Pratt, composer  

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  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  Damasco Berenguer y Fuste, Spanish general/minister of War was born on August - 04.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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 August - 04.  

1306  On this day in history death of wenceslaus III of Bohemia (b. 1289)  

1338  On August - 04 death of thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, son of Edward I of England (b. 1300)  

1430  On August - 04 philip of Saint-Pol, duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies at 26  

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