Famous Birthdays In May - 04

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

1008  Khajeh Abdollah Ansari, The Persian Sufi (d. 1088) was born on May - 04.  

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  Willem van Outhoorn, Dutch governor-general (Dutch East Indies) was born on this day in history.  

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

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  On May - 04 birth of jean-Charles de Borda, French mathematician, physicist, political scientist, and sailor (d. 1799)  

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1738  Josef Kohaut, composer was born on May - 04.  

1744  On this day in history birth of marianne von Martinez, composer  

1752  On this day in history birth of john Brooks, 11th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1825)  

1763  Franz Stanislaus Spindler, composer was born on May - 04.  

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

1769  On May - 04 birth of charles Hague, composer  

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

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

1777  Charles-Louis-Joseph Hanssens, composer was born on May - 04.  

1781  Karl Christian Friedrich Krause, German philosopher (d. 1832) was born on May - 04.  

1796  Horace Mann, US, educator/author/editor (pioneered public schools) was born on May - 04.  

1796  Joseph Pannell Taylor, Brig General (Union Army), died in 1864 was born on May - 04.  

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 this day in history.  

1820  Julia Gardiner Tyler, 2nd wife of Pres John Tyler (1841-45) was born on this day in history.  

1822  On this day in history birth of charles Boucher de Boucherville, Quebec politician (d. 1915)  

1825  On this day in history birth of thomas Henry Huxley, scientist/humanist/Darwinist  

1825  Augustus Le Plongeon, French antiquitarian (d. 1908) was born on May - 04.  

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

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

1835  Edmund Hart Turpin, composer was born on May - 04.  

1852  On May - 04 birth of alice Pleasance Liddell, English schoolgirl model for Alice in Wonderland (d. 1934)  

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  Death of Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson, Swedish statesman (b. 1390s) on this day in history.  

1471  On May - 04 death of edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales (killed in battle) (b. 1453)  

1506  On this day in history death of husayn Bayqarah, ruler of Herat (b. 1438)  

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

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

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