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 May - 11 birth of niwa Nagashige, Japanese warlord (d. 1637)  

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 May - 11 birth of peter Camper, Leyden Holland, anatomist/professor (Amsterdam)  

1731  Johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer was born on May - 11.  

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

1752  On May - 11 birth of johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (d. 1840)  

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

1772  Henri-Jean Rigel, composer was born on May - 11.  

1791  Jan Vaclav Hugo Vorisek, composer was born on this day in history.  

1799  John Lowell, American philanthropist (d. 1836) was born on this day in history.  

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

1807  On May - 11 birth of ira Aldridge, Great 19th century black Shakespearian actor (Othello)  

1811  On May - 11 birth of chang & Eng Bunker, Chinese Siamese twins  

1811  Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel, member of the Swiss Federal Council (d. 1893) was born on this day in history.  

1817  Fanny Cerrito, Italian ballet dancer (d. 1909) was born on May - 11.  

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  On May - 11 birth of jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, French sculptor and painter (d. 1875)  

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

1835  Kārlis Baumanis, Latvian composer (d. 1905) was born on May - 11.  

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

1840  Filippo Capocci, composer was born on this day in history.  

1841  Ernst von Possart, German actor/stage manager/reciter was born on this day in history.  

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

1854  John Blackham, cricketer (Australia's 1st wicketkeeper) was born on May - 11.  

1854  On May - 11 birth of ottmar Mergenthaler, Hachtel Germany, inventor (linotype)  

1855  Anatol Konstantinovich Lyadov, Russian composer (Bewitched Lake) was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1631  On May - 11 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  Death of Jean Galbert de Campistron, French dramatist (b. 1656) on May - 11.  

1742  On May - 11 francesco Stradivari, Ital violin maker/son of Antonius, dies at 70  

1772  On May - 11 death of joseph Kerckhoff, Limburg surgeon/robber captain, hanged