Famous Birthdays In May - 04

1006  On this day in history birth of abd-Allah Ansari, Persian mystic/poet (Monadjat)  

1008  On May - 04 birth of khajeh Abdollah Ansari, The Persian Sufi (d. 1088)  

1008  King Henry I of France (d. 1060) was born on May - 04.  

1611  Carlo Rainaldi, composer was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1654  On this day in history birth of kangxi Emperor of China (d. 1722)  

1655  On May - 04 birth of bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori, Italy, piano builder  

1715  On May - 04 birth of richard Graves, English writer (d. 1804)  

1733  On this day in history birth of jean-Charles de Borda, French mathematician, physicist, political scientist, and sailor (d. 1799)  

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1738  On May - 04 birth of josef Kohaut, composer  

1744  Marianne von Martinez, composer was born on this day in history.  

1752  John Brooks, 11th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1825) was born on May - 04.  

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 May - 04.  

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

1776  Johann Friedrich Herbart, Germany, philosopher/psychologist was born on this day in history.  

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

1781  On this day in history birth of karl Christian Friedrich Krause, German philosopher (d. 1832)  

1796  On May - 04 birth of horace Mann, US, educator/author/editor (pioneered public schools)  

1796  On this day in history birth of joseph Pannell Taylor, Brig General (Union Army), died in 1864  

1796  On May - 04 birth of william H. Prescott, American historian (d. 1859)  

1820  Joseph Whitaker, England, publisher, founded Whitaker's Almanack was born on this day in history.  

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

1822  On May - 04 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  On this day in history birth of augustus Le Plongeon, French antiquitarian (d. 1908)  

1826  On May - 04 birth of frederick Church, US romantic landscape painter (Hudson River Sch)  

1827  On May - 04 birth of john Hanning Speke, British explorer (d. 1864)  

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  On May - 04 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 this day in history.  

1519  Death of Lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (b. 1492) on this day in history.  

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

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