Famous Personalities Born In February - 04
Wednesday, 03 September 2025
1465 French van Brederode, leader of Hoeksen was born on this day in history.
1524 On February - 04 birth of luis de Camões, Portugal's greatest poet. (d. 1580)
1549 On this day in history birth of eustache du Caurroy, composer
1575 On this day in history birth of pierre de Barulle, French cardinal
1581 On this day in history birth of daniel Selich, composer
1620 Gustaf Bonde, Swedish statesman (d. 1667) was born on this day in history.
1646 On February - 04 birth of hans A Freiherr von Abschatz, Silesian poet
1677 Johann Ludwig Bach, German composer (d. 1731) was born on February - 04.
1688 On February - 04 birth of pierre De Marivaux, Paris France, writer (Marianne)
1693 On this day in history birth of george Lillo, bourgeois English dramatist (London Merchant)
1725 On February - 04 birth of dru Drury, English entomologist (d. 1804)
1746 On this day in history birth of tadeusz Kościuszko, Polish, Belarusian and Lithuanian national hero (d. 1817)
1747 Tadeusz Kosciusko, Poland, patriot, (NY Bridge) was born on this day in history.
1751 Blas de Laserna, composer was born on February - 04.
1758 On this day in history birth of pierre-Gabriel Gardel, French ballet dancer/choreographer
1764 Carel H Verhuell, Dutch/French vice-admiral/minister of Navy was born on February - 04.
1767 On this day in history birth of johann Franz Volkert, composer
1768 Maurits C van Hall, Dutch ruler of Heicop & Boeicop, lawyer/politician was born on February - 04.
1769 On February - 04 birth of samuel I Wiselius, Dutch lawyer/businessman/writer
1778 A. P. de Candolle, Swiss botanist (d. 1841) was born on February - 04.
1799 On February - 04 birth of joao Batista da Silva Leitao de Almeida Garret, Portuguese playwright
1802 On February - 04 birth of mark Hopkins, US, educator/philosopher (Williams College)
1805 Georg Andreas Henkel, composer was born on this day in history.
1805 On this day in history birth of william H Ainsworth, English writer (Old St Paul's, Rookwood)
1808 Josef Kajetán Tyl, Czech playwright, author of the Czech national anthem(d. 1856) was born on this day in history.
1819 Joshua Norton, SF, Norton I, emperor of USA was born on this day in history.
1826 On February - 04 birth of halbert Eleazer Paine, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1905
1831 On this day in history birth of oliver Ames, 35th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1895)
1841 Clément Ader, French aviation pioneer (d. 1926) was born on this day in history.
1842 Georg Brandes, [Morris Cohen], Danish literary-historian/critic was born on this day in history.
1842 Vasili O Klyutshevski, Russian historian was born on February - 04.
1846 Nikolay Umov, Russian physicist (d. 1915) was born on this day in history.
1848 [Francois-Victor-]Jean Aicard, Fren playwright/poet (Jeune Croyances) was born on this day in history.
1849 On February - 04 birth of jean Richepin, French poet/writer (Les Chansons de Gueux)