Famous Birthdays In August - 04
Friday, 26 July 2024
1222 Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, English soldier (d. 1262) was born on this day in history.
1290 Duke Leopold I of Austria (d. 1326) was born on this day in history.
1502 Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter/carpet designer was born on this day in history.
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 Thomas Blackwell, Scottish classical scholar (d. 1757) was born on August - 04.
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 August - 04.
1748 On August - 04 birth of maximilian Stadler, composer
1755 On this day in history birth of nicolas-Jacque Conte, inventor (modern pencil)
1776 Wenzel Sedlak, composer was born on August - 04.
1792 Percy Bysshe Shelley, England, romantic poet (Adonais) was born on this day in history.
1799 On August - 04 birth of olof Wilhelm Udden, composer
1805 On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of lovell Harrison Rosseau, Major General (Union volunteers)
1821 On this day in history birth of james White, American theologian (d. 1881)
1823 On August - 04 birth of oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton, (Gov-Ind), died in 1877
1825 Arthur Haygarth, cricketer (Middlesex & Surrey bat, famous biographer) was born on this day in history.
1834 On this day in history birth of john Venn, English mathematician (d. 1923)
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 Silas Gamaliel Pratt, composer was born on this day in history.
1848 Vladimir Sukhomlinov, Russian general (d. 1926) was born on August - 04.
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 Jake Beckley, American baseball player (d. 1918) was born on August - 04.
1870 Harry Lauder, Scotland, comedian/singer (Roamin' in the Gloamin) was born on this day in history.
1873 Damasco Berenguer y Fuste, Spanish general/minister of War was born on August - 04.
1884 On August - 04 birth of henri Cornet, French cyclist (d. 1941)