Famous Personalities Born In May - 04

1006  On May - 04 birth of abd-Allah Ansari, Persian mystic/poet (Monadjat)   

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 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 May - 04 birth of willem van Outhoorn, Dutch governor-general (Dutch East Indies)   

1654  Kangxi Emperor of China (d. 1722) was born on this day in history.   

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  Jean-Charles de Borda, French mathematician, physicist, political scientist, and sailor (d. 1799) was born on this day in history.   

1738  On May - 04 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 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  On May - 04 birth of charles Hague, composer   

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

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  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 May - 04 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 May - 04.   

1822  Charles Boucher de Boucherville, Quebec politician (d. 1915) was born on May - 04.   

1825  Thomas Henry Huxley, scientist/humanist/Darwinist was born on May - 04.   

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 May - 04.   

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

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  On this day in history birth of emil Nikolaus Von Reznicek, Vienna Austria, composer (Donna Diana)   

1867  On this day in history birth of dynam-Victor Fumet, composer   

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

1471  On this day in history 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  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 May - 04.   

1594  On this day in history paul Buys, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies at 62   

1604  Claudio Merulo, composer, dies at 71 on May - 04.   

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