Famous Birthdays In May - 04

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

1008  On this day in history birth of khajeh Abdollah Ansari, The Persian Sufi (d. 1088)  

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

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

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

1715  Richard Graves, English writer (d. 1804) was born on this day in history.  

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

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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 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  On May - 04 birth of johann Friedrich Herbart, Germany, philosopher/psychologist  

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 May - 04.  

1796  On this day in history birth of william H. Prescott, American historian (d. 1859)  

1820  Joseph Whitaker, England, publisher, founded Whitaker's Almanack was born on May - 04.  

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 May - 04.  

1825  On this day in history birth of augustus Le Plongeon, French antiquitarian (d. 1908)  

1826  Frederick Church, US romantic landscape painter (Hudson River Sch) was born on this day in history.  

1827  John Hanning Speke, British explorer (d. 1864) was born on May - 04.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

1506  Death of Husayn Bayqarah, ruler of Herat (b. 1438) on this day in history.  

1519  On this day in history death of lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (b. 1492)  

1566  Death of Luca Ghini, Italian physician and botanist (b. 1490) on May - 04.  

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

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

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