Famous Birthdays In May - 04

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

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  On this day in history birth of mary I Henriette Stuart, daughter of Charles I/queen of England  

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 May - 04.  

1738  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of franz Stanislaus Spindler, composer  

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

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

1772  On this day in history birth of friedrich Arnold Brockhaus, German publisher (d. 1823)  

1776  Johann Friedrich Herbart, Germany, philosopher/psychologist was born on May - 04.  

1777  Charles-Louis-Joseph Hanssens, composer was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1796  On May - 04 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 May - 04 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 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 May - 04.  

1826  Frederick Church, US romantic landscape painter (Hudson River Sch) was born on May - 04.  

1827  On this day in history birth of john Hanning Speke, British explorer (d. 1864)  

1835  Edmund Hart Turpin, composer was born on this day in history.  

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.  

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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  On May - 04 death of luca Ghini, Italian physician and botanist (b. 1490)  

1594  Paul Buys, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

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

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