Famous Birthdays In May - 04

1006  On this day in history birth of abd-Allah Ansari, Persian mystic/poet (Monadjat)  

1008  On this day in history birth of khajeh Abdollah Ansari, The Persian Sufi (d. 1088)  

1008  King Henry I of France (d. 1060) was born on May - 04.  

1611  On this day in history birth of carlo Rainaldi, composer  

1631  On May - 04 birth of mary I Henriette Stuart, daughter of Charles I/queen of England  

1635  Willem van Outhoorn, Dutch governor-general (Dutch East Indies) was born on May - 04.  

1654  On this day in history birth of kangxi Emperor of China (d. 1722)  

1655  On May - 04 birth of bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori, Italy, piano builder  

1715  Richard Graves, English writer (d. 1804) was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1744  On this day in history birth of marianne von Martinez, composer  

1752  John Brooks, 11th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1825) was born on May - 04.  

1763  On this day in history birth of franz Stanislaus Spindler, composer  

1767  Tyagaraja, Composer of Indian classical Carnatic music (d. 1847) was born on this day in history.  

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

1772  Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus, German publisher (d. 1823) was born on May - 04.  

1776  Johann Friedrich Herbart, Germany, philosopher/psychologist was born on May - 04.  

1777  Charles-Louis-Joseph Hanssens, composer was born on this day in history.  

1781  On May - 04 birth of karl Christian Friedrich Krause, German philosopher (d. 1832)  

1796  On this day in history birth of horace Mann, US, educator/author/editor (pioneered public schools)  

1796  Joseph Pannell Taylor, Brig General (Union Army), died in 1864 was born on May - 04.  

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

1820  On this day in history birth of joseph Whitaker, England, publisher, founded Whitaker's Almanack  

1820  Julia Gardiner Tyler, 2nd wife of Pres John Tyler (1841-45) was born on this day in history.  

1822  Charles Boucher de Boucherville, Quebec politician (d. 1915) was born on this day in history.  

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

1825  On this day in history birth of augustus Le Plongeon, French antiquitarian (d. 1908)  

1826  On this day in history birth of frederick Church, US romantic landscape painter (Hudson River Sch)  

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

1835  Edmund Hart Turpin, composer was born on May - 04.  

1852  Alice Pleasance Liddell, English schoolgirl model for Alice in Wonderland (d. 1934) was born on May - 04.  

1860  Emil Nikolaus Von Reznicek, Vienna Austria, composer (Donna Diana) was born on this day in history.  

1867  Dynam-Victor Fumet, composer was born on May - 04.  

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

1471  On May - 04 death of edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales (killed in battle) (b. 1453)  

1506  Death of Husayn Bayqarah, ruler of Herat (b. 1438) on May - 04.  

1519  Death of Lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (b. 1492) on this day in history.  

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 May - 04.  

1604  On this day in history claudio Merulo, composer, dies at 71  

1605  Ulisse Aldrovandi, Italian biologist/medical, dies at 82 on this day in history.