Famous Birthdays In May - 04

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

1008  On May - 04 birth of khajeh Abdollah Ansari, The Persian Sufi (d. 1088)  

1008  On this day in history birth of king Henry I of France (d. 1060)  

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

1631  Mary I Henriette Stuart, daughter of Charles I/queen of England was born on this day in history.  

1635  On this day in history birth of willem van Outhoorn, Dutch governor-general (Dutch East Indies)  

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

1655  Bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori, Italy, piano builder was born on this day in history.  

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

1733  Jean-Charles de Borda, French mathematician, physicist, political scientist, and sailor (d. 1799) was born on May - 04.  

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1738  Josef Kohaut, composer was born on this day in history.  

1744  Marianne von Martinez, composer was born on this day in history.  

1752  On May - 04 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  On this day in history 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  Karl Christian Friedrich Krause, German philosopher (d. 1832) was born on this day in history.  

1796  Horace Mann, US, educator/author/editor (pioneered public schools) was born on this day in history.  

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

1796  On May - 04 birth of william H. Prescott, American historian (d. 1859)  

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

1820  On May - 04 birth of julia Gardiner Tyler, 2nd wife of Pres John Tyler (1841-45)  

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

1826  Frederick Church, US romantic landscape painter (Hudson River Sch) was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1867  Dynam-Victor Fumet, composer was born on this day in history.  

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1436  On May - 04 death of engelbrekt Engelbrektsson, Swedish statesman (b. 1390s)  

1471  Death of Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales (killed in battle) (b. 1453) on May - 04.  

1506  On this day in history 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  Death of Luca Ghini, Italian physician and botanist (b. 1490) on this day in history.  

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