Famous Birthdays In May - 04

1006  Abd-Allah Ansari, Persian mystic/poet (Monadjat) was born on this day in history.  

1008  Khajeh Abdollah Ansari, The Persian Sufi (d. 1088) was born on May - 04.  

1008  On May - 04 birth of king Henry I of France (d. 1060)  

1611  Carlo Rainaldi, composer was born on May - 04.  

1631  Mary I Henriette Stuart, daughter of Charles I/queen of England was born on May - 04.  

1635  Willem van Outhoorn, Dutch governor-general (Dutch East Indies) was born on this day in history.  

1654  Kangxi Emperor of China (d. 1722) was born on May - 04.  

1655  On this day in history birth of bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori, Italy, piano builder  

1715  Richard Graves, English writer (d. 1804) was born on May - 04.  

1733  On May - 04 birth of jean-Charles de Borda, French mathematician, physicist, political scientist, and sailor (d. 1799)  

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1738  Josef Kohaut, composer was born on May - 04.  

1744  On May - 04 birth of marianne von Martinez, composer  

1752  On this day in history birth of john Brooks, 11th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1825)  

1763  Franz Stanislaus Spindler, composer was born on May - 04.  

1767  On May - 04 birth of tyagaraja, Composer of Indian classical Carnatic music (d. 1847)  

1769  Charles Hague, composer was born on May - 04.  

1772  Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus, German publisher (d. 1823) was born on this day in history.  

1776  On this day in history birth of johann Friedrich Herbart, Germany, philosopher/psychologist  

1777  On this day in history birth of charles-Louis-Joseph Hanssens, composer  

1781  On this day in history birth of karl Christian Friedrich Krause, German philosopher (d. 1832)  

1796  On May - 04 birth of horace Mann, US, educator/author/editor (pioneered public schools)  

1796  On this day in history birth of joseph Pannell Taylor, Brig General (Union Army), died in 1864  

1796  William H. Prescott, American historian (d. 1859) was born on May - 04.  

1820  Joseph Whitaker, England, publisher, founded Whitaker's Almanack was born on this day in history.  

1820  Julia Gardiner Tyler, 2nd wife of Pres John Tyler (1841-45) was born on May - 04.  

1822  On May - 04 birth of charles Boucher de Boucherville, Quebec politician (d. 1915)  

1825  On May - 04 birth of thomas Henry Huxley, scientist/humanist/Darwinist  

1825  On May - 04 birth of augustus Le Plongeon, French antiquitarian (d. 1908)  

1826  Frederick Church, US romantic landscape painter (Hudson River Sch) was born on May - 04.  

1827  On this day in history birth of john Hanning Speke, British explorer (d. 1864)  

1835  On May - 04 birth of edmund Hart Turpin, composer  

1852  Alice Pleasance Liddell, English schoolgirl model for Alice in Wonderland (d. 1934) was born on this day in history.  

1860  Emil Nikolaus Von Reznicek, Vienna Austria, composer (Donna Diana) was born on May - 04.  

1867  On this day in history birth of dynam-Victor Fumet, composer  

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1436  On this day in history death of engelbrekt Engelbrektsson, Swedish statesman (b. 1390s)  

1471  Death of Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales (killed in battle) (b. 1453) on this day in history.  

1506  On May - 04 death of husayn Bayqarah, ruler of Herat (b. 1438)  

1519  On May - 04 death of lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (b. 1492)  

1566  On May - 04 death of luca Ghini, Italian physician and botanist (b. 1490)  

1594  Paul Buys, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

1604  Claudio Merulo, composer, dies at 71 on May - 04.  

1605  Ulisse Aldrovandi, Italian biologist/medical, dies at 82 on May - 04.