Famous Personalities Born In August - 04

1222  On this day in history 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 August - 04.   

1604  François Hédelin, abbé d'Aubignac, French writer (d. 1676) was born on August - 04.   

1664  On this day in history birth of louis Lully, composer   

1687  On this day in history birth of johan Willem Friso, prince of Orange/monarch of Nassau-Dietz [OS]   

1701  On this day in history birth of thomas Blackwell, Scottish classical scholar (d. 1757)   

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 August - 04.   

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 August - 04 birth of maximilian Stadler, composer   

1755  On August - 04 birth of nicolas-Jacque Conte, inventor (modern pencil)   

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

1792  On this day in history birth of percy Bysshe Shelley, England, romantic poet (Adonais)   

1799  Olof Wilhelm Udden, composer was born on this day in history.   

1805  On August - 04 birth of william Rowan Hamilton, Irish mathematician (d. 1865)   

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

1818  Lovell Harrison Rosseau, Major General (Union volunteers) was born on August - 04.   

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 this day in history.   

1825  On this day in history birth of arthur Haygarth, cricketer (Middlesex & Surrey bat, famous biographer)   

1834  On this day in history 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  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  On this day in history 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  On August - 04 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 August - 04 henry I, King of France (1027..60), dies at 52   

1113  Death of Gertrude of Saxony (b. 1030) on this day in history.   

1204  On August - 04 death of boniface of Montferrat, margrave of Montferrat, murdered   

1265  On August - 04 simon de Montfort, English earl of Leicester, dies in battle   

1306  Death of Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (b. 1289) on August - 04.   

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