Famous Birthdays In May - 04

1006  Abd-Allah Ansari, Persian mystic/poet (Monadjat) was born on this day in history.  

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  On May - 04 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  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1715  On May - 04 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.  

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1738  On May - 04 birth of josef Kohaut, composer  

1744  Marianne von Martinez, composer was born on May - 04.  

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

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

1767  Tyagaraja, Composer of Indian classical Carnatic music (d. 1847) was born on May - 04.  

1769  On this day in history 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 May - 04.  

1777  Charles-Louis-Joseph Hanssens, composer was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1796  Joseph Pannell Taylor, Brig General (Union Army), died in 1864 was born on this day in history.  

1796  William H. Prescott, American historian (d. 1859) was born on this day in history.  

1820  On this day in history birth of joseph Whitaker, England, publisher, founded Whitaker's Almanack  

1820  Julia Gardiner Tyler, 2nd wife of Pres John Tyler (1841-45) was born on May - 04.  

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

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

1825  On May - 04 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  On May - 04 birth of john Hanning Speke, British explorer (d. 1864)  

1835  Edmund Hart Turpin, composer was born on this day in history.  

1852  On this day in history birth of alice Pleasance Liddell, English schoolgirl model for Alice in Wonderland (d. 1934)  

1860  Emil Nikolaus Von Reznicek, Vienna Austria, composer (Donna Diana) was born on this day in history.  

1867  On this day in history birth of dynam-Victor Fumet, composer  

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1436  On this day in history death of engelbrekt Engelbrektsson, Swedish statesman (b. 1390s)  

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

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