Famous Birthdays In May - 04

1006  Abd-Allah Ansari, Persian mystic/poet (Monadjat) was born on May - 04.  

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 May - 04 birth of carlo Rainaldi, composer  

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 May - 04.  

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

1655  Bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori, Italy, piano builder was born on May - 04.  

1715  On May - 04 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.  

Advertisements

1738  On May - 04 birth of josef Kohaut, composer  

1744  Marianne von Martinez, composer was born on May - 04.  

1752  On May - 04 birth of john Brooks, 11th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1825)  

1763  Franz Stanislaus Spindler, composer was born on this day in history.  

1767  Tyagaraja, Composer of Indian classical Carnatic music (d. 1847) was born on May - 04.  

1769  Charles Hague, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1776  On May - 04 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  Joseph Pannell Taylor, Brig General (Union Army), died in 1864 was born on this day in history.  

1796  On May - 04 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  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 May - 04.  

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 May - 04.  

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

1835  On this day in history birth of edmund Hart Turpin, composer  

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 this day in history.  

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

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Next Page »

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 May - 04.  

1506  Death of Husayn Bayqarah, ruler of Herat (b. 1438) on this day in history.  

1519  On this day in history 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  On May - 04 paul Buys, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies at 62  

1604  On May - 04 claudio Merulo, composer, dies at 71  

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