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  Carlo Rainaldi, composer was born on May - 04.  

1631  On May - 04 birth of mary I Henriette Stuart, daughter of Charles I/queen of England  

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 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  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  Josef Kohaut, composer was born on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history birth of franz Stanislaus Spindler, composer  

1767  Tyagaraja, Composer of Indian classical Carnatic music (d. 1847) was born on this day in history.  

1769  Charles Hague, composer was born on May - 04.  

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

1776  On May - 04 birth of johann Friedrich Herbart, Germany, philosopher/psychologist  

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

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

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 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 this day in history.  

1825  Thomas Henry Huxley, scientist/humanist/Darwinist was born on May - 04.  

1825  Augustus Le Plongeon, French antiquitarian (d. 1908) was born on this day in history.  

1826  Frederick Church, US romantic landscape painter (Hudson River Sch) was born on May - 04.  

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  Alice Pleasance Liddell, English schoolgirl model for Alice in Wonderland (d. 1934) was born on this day in history.  

1860  On this day in history birth of emil Nikolaus Von Reznicek, Vienna Austria, composer (Donna Diana)  

1867  Dynam-Victor Fumet, composer was born on May - 04.  

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1436  On this day in history 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  Death of Husayn Bayqarah, ruler of Herat (b. 1438) on May - 04.  

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

1566  On May - 04 death of luca Ghini, Italian physician and botanist (b. 1490)  

1594  On this day in history paul Buys, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies at 62  

1604  Claudio Merulo, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

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