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  King Henry I of France (d. 1060) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1655  Bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori, Italy, piano builder was born on May - 04.   

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

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

1772  Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus, German publisher (d. 1823) was born on May - 04.   

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

1777  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of horace Mann, US, educator/author/editor (pioneered public schools)   

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 this day in history 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 May - 04.   

1825  Thomas Henry Huxley, scientist/humanist/Darwinist was born on this day in history.   

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

1826  On May - 04 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 May - 04 birth of emil Nikolaus Von Reznicek, Vienna Austria, composer (Donna Diana)   

1867  On May - 04 birth of dynam-Victor Fumet, composer   

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1436  On May - 04 death of engelbrekt Engelbrektsson, Swedish statesman (b. 1390s)   

1471  Death of Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales (killed in battle) (b. 1453) on this day in history.   

1506  On May - 04 death of husayn Bayqarah, ruler of Herat (b. 1438)   

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  On May - 04 ulisse Aldrovandi, Italian biologist/medical, dies at 82