Famous Personalities Born 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 this day in history.   

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

1611  On May - 04 birth of carlo Rainaldi, composer   

1631  On this day in history 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  Kangxi Emperor of China (d. 1722) was born on May - 04.   

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

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

1733  On this day in history birth of jean-Charles de Borda, French mathematician, physicist, political scientist, and sailor (d. 1799)   

1738  On May - 04 birth of josef Kohaut, composer   

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  On May - 04 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  On May - 04 birth of friedrich Arnold Brockhaus, German publisher (d. 1823)   

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

1777  Charles-Louis-Joseph Hanssens, composer was born on May - 04.   

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

1796  Horace Mann, US, educator/author/editor (pioneered public schools) was born on May - 04.   

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 May - 04.   

1820  On this day in history birth of julia Gardiner Tyler, 2nd wife of Pres John Tyler (1841-45)   

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

1825  On this day in history birth of thomas Henry Huxley, scientist/humanist/Darwinist   

1825  Augustus Le Plongeon, French antiquitarian (d. 1908) was born on this day in history.   

1826  On May - 04 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  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 May - 04.   

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

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  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  On May - 04 paul Buys, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies at 62   

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

1605  On this day in history ulisse Aldrovandi, Italian biologist/medical, dies at 82