Famous Birthdays In May - 11

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

1571  On this day in history birth of niwa Nagashige, Japanese warlord (d. 1637)  

1654  On May - 11 birth of cornelis van Alkemade, Dutch historian  

1720  On this day in history birth of karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Münchhausen, German adventurer (d. 1797)  

1722  On May - 11 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  Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (d. 1840) was born on this day in history.  

1763  On May - 11 birth of jános Batsányi, Hungarian poet (d. 1845)  

1772  Henri-Jean Rigel, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1799  On May - 11 birth of john Lowell, American philanthropist (d. 1836)  

1801  On this day in history birth of henri Labrouste, French architect (d. 1875)  

1807  Ira Aldridge, Great 19th century black Shakespearian actor (Othello) was born on this day in history.  

1811  On this day in history birth of chang & Eng Bunker, Chinese Siamese twins  

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

1817  On this day in history birth of fanny Cerrito, Italian ballet dancer (d. 1909)  

1821  [Carlos] Charles John Stolbrand, Brig General (Union volunteers) was born on this day in history.  

1823  Alfred Stevens, Belgian painter was born on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history birth of john Converse Starkweather, Brig General (Union volunteers)  

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

1838  Walter Goodman, British painter, illustrator and author (d. 1912) was born on May - 11.  

1840  Filippo Capocci, composer was born on May - 11.  

1841  Ernst von Possart, German actor/stage manager/reciter was born on May - 11.  

1852  Charles Warren Fairbanks, (R) 26th US VP (1905-09) was born on this day in history.  

1854  John Blackham, cricketer (Australia's 1st wicketkeeper) was born on this day in history.  

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

1855  Anatol Konstantinovich Lyadov, Russian composer (Bewitched Lake) was born on May - 11.  

1858  On May - 11 birth of carl Hauptmann, writer  

1861  On this day in history birth of frederick Russell Burnham, father of the international scouting movement (d. 1947)  

1869  On May - 11 birth of francisco Lacerda, composer  

1871  Frank Schlesinger, American astronomer (d. 1943) was born on this day in history.  

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1304  On May - 11 death of mahmud Ghazan, Mongol ruler (b. 1271)  

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

1631  On this day in history christoph Buel, composer, dies at 57  

1672  On this day in history death of charles Seton, 2nd Earl of Dunfermline, English royalist (b. 1615)  

1708  Death of Jules Hardouin Mansart, French architect (b. 1646) on May - 11.  

1723  On this day in history 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.