Famous Birthdays In August - 04

1222  Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, English soldier (d. 1262) was born on August - 04.  

1290  On this day in history 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  On August - 04 birth of françois Hédelin, abbé d'Aubignac, French writer (d. 1676)  

1664  On August - 04 birth of louis Lully, composer  

1687  Johan Willem Friso, prince of Orange/monarch of Nassau-Dietz [OS] was born on this day in history.  

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

1705  On August - 04 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 this day in history birth of granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, English politician (d. 1803)  

1731  Giuseppe Colla, composer was born on August - 04.  

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 August - 04.  

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

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

1818  Lovell Harrison Rosseau, Major General (Union volunteers) was born on this day in history.  

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

1823  On this day in history birth of oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton, (Gov-Ind), died in 1877  

1825  On August - 04 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  On August - 04 birth of walter Pater, London England, writer (Plato & Platoism)  

1843  Flor van Duyse, composer was born on this day in history.  

1846  Silas Gamaliel Pratt, composer was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1865  Gus Kempis, South African cricketer (d. 1890) was born on this day in history.  

1867  On this day in history birth of jake Beckley, American baseball player (d. 1918)  

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 August - 04 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  Death of Gertrude of Saxony (b. 1030) on this day in history.  

1204  Death of Boniface of Montferrat, margrave of Montferrat, murdered on this day in history.  

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

1430  On this day in history 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.