Famous Birthdays In May - 11

1568  Christian I, ruler of Anhalt-Bernburg (Battle of White Mountain) was born on this day in history.  

1571  Niwa Nagashige, Japanese warlord (d. 1637) was born on this day in history.  

1654  Cornelis van Alkemade, Dutch historian was born on this day in history.  

1720  On May - 11 birth of karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Münchhausen, German adventurer (d. 1797)  

1722  On this day in history birth of peter Camper, Leyden Holland, anatomist/professor (Amsterdam)  

1731  On this day in history birth of johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer  

1733  Victoire of France, daughter of king Louis XV (d. 1799) was born on May - 11.  

1752  On this day in history birth of johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (d. 1840)  

1763  On this day in history birth of jános Batsányi, Hungarian poet (d. 1845)  

1772  On May - 11 birth of henri-Jean Rigel, composer  

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1791  Jan Vaclav Hugo Vorisek, composer was born on May - 11.  

1799  On this day in history birth of john Lowell, American philanthropist (d. 1836)  

1801  On May - 11 birth of henri Labrouste, French architect (d. 1875)  

1807  Ira Aldridge, Great 19th century black Shakespearian actor (Othello) was born on May - 11.  

1811  Chang & Eng Bunker, Chinese Siamese twins was born on May - 11.  

1811  Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel, member of the Swiss Federal Council (d. 1893) was born on May - 11.  

1817  Fanny Cerrito, Italian ballet dancer (d. 1909) was born on this day in history.  

1821  On May - 11 birth of [Carlos] Charles John Stolbrand, Brig General (Union volunteers)  

1823  On May - 11 birth of alfred Stevens, Belgian painter  

1824  On May - 11 birth of jean-Léon Gérôme, French painter and sculptor (d. 1904)  

1827  Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, French sculptor and painter (d. 1875) was born on May - 11.  

1830  John Converse Starkweather, Brig General (Union volunteers) was born on this day in history.  

1835  On this day in history birth of kārlis Baumanis, Latvian composer (d. 1905)  

1838  On this day in history birth of walter Goodman, British painter, illustrator and author (d. 1912)  

1840  On this day in history birth of filippo Capocci, composer  

1841  On May - 11 birth of ernst von Possart, German actor/stage manager/reciter  

1852  On this day in history birth of charles Warren Fairbanks, (R) 26th US VP (1905-09)  

1854  On May - 11 birth of john Blackham, cricketer (Australia's 1st wicketkeeper)  

1854  On this day in history birth of ottmar Mergenthaler, Hachtel Germany, inventor (linotype)  

1855  On May - 11 birth of anatol Konstantinovich Lyadov, Russian composer (Bewitched Lake)  

1858  On May - 11 birth of carl Hauptmann, writer  

1861  Frederick Russell Burnham, father of the international scouting movement (d. 1947) was born on May - 11.  

1869  Francisco Lacerda, composer was born on May - 11.  

1871  On May - 11 birth of frank Schlesinger, American astronomer (d. 1943)  

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1304  Death of Mahmud Ghazan, Mongol ruler (b. 1271) on May - 11.  

1610  Matteo Ricci, Italian missionary (China), dies on May - 11.  

1631  On May - 11 christoph Buel, composer, dies at 57  

1672  Death of Charles Seton, 2nd Earl of Dunfermline, English royalist (b. 1615) on this day in history.  

1708  Death of Jules Hardouin Mansart, French architect (b. 1646) on this day in history.  

1723  On May - 11 death of jean Galbert de Campistron, French dramatist (b. 1656)  

1742  Francesco Stradivari, Ital violin maker/son of Antonius, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

1772  Death of Joseph Kerckhoff, Limburg surgeon/robber captain, hanged on this day in history.