Famous Birthdays 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 May - 04.  

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

1611  Carlo Rainaldi, composer was born on May - 04.  

1631  On this day in history birth of mary I Henriette Stuart, daughter of Charles I/queen of England  

1635  Willem van Outhoorn, Dutch governor-general (Dutch East Indies) was born on May - 04.  

1654  On May - 04 birth of kangxi Emperor of China (d. 1722)  

1655  On this day in history birth of bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori, Italy, piano builder  

1715  Richard Graves, English writer (d. 1804) was born on May - 04.  

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 May - 04.  

1752  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

1772  On May - 04 birth of friedrich Arnold Brockhaus, German publisher (d. 1823)  

1776  On this day in history birth of johann Friedrich Herbart, Germany, philosopher/psychologist  

1777  On this day in history 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 May - 04 birth of william H. Prescott, American historian (d. 1859)  

1820  On May - 04 birth of joseph Whitaker, England, publisher, founded Whitaker's Almanack  

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 this day in history.  

1825  On May - 04 birth of thomas Henry Huxley, scientist/humanist/Darwinist  

1825  On May - 04 birth of augustus Le Plongeon, French antiquitarian (d. 1908)  

1826  On this day in history birth of frederick Church, US romantic landscape painter (Hudson River Sch)  

1827  John Hanning Speke, British explorer (d. 1864) was born on this day in history.  

1835  On May - 04 birth of edmund Hart Turpin, composer  

1852  On May - 04 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  Death of Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson, Swedish statesman (b. 1390s) on May - 04.  

1471  On this day in history death of edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales (killed in battle) (b. 1453)  

1506  On May - 04 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  On May - 04 death of luca Ghini, Italian physician and botanist (b. 1490)  

1594  On May - 04 paul Buys, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies at 62  

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

1605  On this day in history ulisse Aldrovandi, Italian biologist/medical, dies at 82