Famous Personalities Born In May - 04
Thursday, 05 February 2026
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 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 On May - 04 birth of mary I Henriette Stuart, daughter of Charles I/queen of England 

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 On this day in history birth of richard Graves, English writer (d. 1804) 

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

1738 On this day in history birth of josef Kohaut, composer 

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 On May - 04 birth of franz Stanislaus Spindler, composer 

1767 On this day in history birth of tyagaraja, Composer of Indian classical Carnatic music (d. 1847) 

1769 On May - 04 birth of charles Hague, composer 

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

1776 On May - 04 birth of johann Friedrich Herbart, Germany, philosopher/psychologist 

1777 On May - 04 birth of charles-Louis-Joseph Hanssens, composer 

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 Joseph Pannell Taylor, Brig General (Union Army), died in 1864 was born on this day in history. 

1796 On this day in history birth of william H. Prescott, American historian (d. 1859) 

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

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

1822 On this day in history birth of charles Boucher de Boucherville, Quebec politician (d. 1915) 

1825 Thomas Henry Huxley, scientist/humanist/Darwinist was born on this day in history. 

1825 Augustus Le Plongeon, French antiquitarian (d. 1908) was born on May - 04. 

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

1827 John Hanning Speke, British explorer (d. 1864) was born on May - 04. 

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

1852 On this day in history birth of alice Pleasance Liddell, English schoolgirl model for Alice in Wonderland (d. 1934) 

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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