Famous Birthdays In January - 04

1837  On this day in history birth of casimiro de Abreu, Brazil, poet (Camoes e o jau)  

1838  On January - 04 birth of charles Stratton, [General Tom Thumb] (famous short person)  

1839  On January - 04 birth of carl Humann, German engineer (d. 1896)  

1842  Frederic T. Greenhalge, 38th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1896) was born on this day in history.  

1844  Thomas H Rollinson, composer was born on January - 04.  

1847  On January - 04 birth of hendrik Goeman Borgesius, Dutch politician  

1848  On January - 04 birth of katsura Taro, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1913)  

1869  Percy Pitt, composer was born on January - 04.  

1869  On this day in history birth of tommy Corcoran, American baseball player (d. 1960)  

1872  On this day in history birth of edmund Rumpler, Austria, auto/airplane builder  

1874  Josef Suk, Czech violinist/composer (Asrael) was born on January - 04.  

1874  Sven Fleuron, writer was born on January - 04.  

1877  On this day in history birth of gibson Gowland, England, actor (Blind Husbands, Phantom of the Opera)  

1878  On this day in history birth of alfred Edgar Coppard, England, writer (Black Dogs & Other Stories)  

1878  Augustus John, Welsh painter (d. 1961) was born on January - 04.  

1881  On this day in history birth of wilhelm Lehmbruck, German painter/poet/sculptor (Seated Youth)  

1882  Aristarkh Lentulov, Russian artist (d. 1943) was born on this day in history.  

1883  Johanna Westerdijk, botanist/Neth 1st female prof (Utrecht, 1917-52) was born on January - 04.  

1883  On January - 04 birth of max F Eastman, US, critic/essayist (Masses)  

1883  Max Eastman, American writer (d. 1969) was born on this day in history.  

1888  On this day in history birth of arthur Berry, England, soccer player (Olympic-gold-1908, 12)  

1889  Albertus W "Albert" van Dalsum, actor/director (Abandoned Child) was born on January - 04.  

1890  Alfred G Jodl, German Wehrmacht general/chief of staff was born on this day in history.  

1890  On this day in history birth of mosa Pijade, Yugoslavia, MP (communist)  

1891  On January - 04 birth of edward Brooker, Premier of Tasmania (d. 1948)  

1893  On January - 04 birth of manuel Palau Boix, composer  

1893  On January - 04 birth of yone Minagawa, Japanese, became worlds Oldest living person January 29, 2007. (d. Aug. 13, 2007)  

1894  Wesley La Violette, composer was born on this day in history.  

1894  Manuel de Abreu, Brazilian physician (d. 1962) was born on January - 04.  

1895  On this day in history birth of lourens G M Baas Becking, Dutch botanist/resistance fighter  

1895  On January - 04 birth of leroy Grumman, American industrialist (d. 1982)  

1896  Everett McKinley Dirkson, (Sen-R-Ill) was born on this day in history.  

1896  Everett Dirksen, American politician (d. 1969) was born on this day in history.  

1896  Everett Dirksen, American politician (Sen-R-Ill) (d. 1969) was born on this day in history.  

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0838  Death of Babak, Persian social/religious reformer, martyred on January - 04.  

1248  Death of King Sancho II of Portugal (b. 1207) on January - 04.  

1428  Death of Frederick I, Elector of Saxony, 'The Warlike' (b. 1370) on this day in history.  

1564  On this day in history death of hosokawa Ujitsuna, Japanese military commander (b. 1514)  

1584  On January - 04 tobias Stimmer, Swiss painter/cartoonist/playwright, dies at 44  

1612  Henry L Spieghel, Dutch merchant/writer, dies at 62 on January - 04.  

1678  Johan Maetsuyker, Dutch gov-general of Ceylon (1653-78), dies at 71 on January - 04.  

1695  Duke of Luxembourg, Luxembourg/French marshal, dies on January - 04.