Famous Personalities Born In May - 04

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

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

1008  On May - 04 birth of king Henry I of France (d. 1060)   

1611  On May - 04 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 this day in history birth of bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori, Italy, piano builder   

1715  On this day in history birth of richard Graves, English writer (d. 1804)   

1733  Jean-Charles de Borda, French mathematician, physicist, political scientist, and sailor (d. 1799) was born on this day in history.   

1738  On this day in history birth of josef Kohaut, composer   

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

1752  On May - 04 birth of john Brooks, 11th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1825)   

1763  Franz Stanislaus Spindler, composer was born on this day in history.   

1767  On May - 04 birth of tyagaraja, Composer of Indian classical Carnatic music (d. 1847)   

1769  On this day in history birth of charles Hague, composer   

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

1796  On this day in history 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  On May - 04 birth of joseph Whitaker, England, publisher, founded Whitaker's Almanack   

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

1825  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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  Death of Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson, Swedish statesman (b. 1390s) on this day in history.   

1471  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of luca Ghini, Italian physician and botanist (b. 1490)   

1594  Paul Buys, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies at 62 on May - 04.   

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

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