Famous Personalities Born In May - 11

1568  Christian I, ruler of Anhalt-Bernburg (Battle of White Mountain) was born on May - 11.   

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

1654  Cornelis van Alkemade, Dutch historian was born on May - 11.   

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  Johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer was born on this day in history.   

1733  Victoire of France, daughter of king Louis XV (d. 1799) was born on this day in history.   

1752  Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (d. 1840) was born on May - 11.   

1763  János Batsányi, Hungarian poet (d. 1845) was born on May - 11.   

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

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

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

1801  Henri Labrouste, French architect (d. 1875) was born on May - 11.   

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

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

1811  On May - 11 birth of jean-Jacques Challet-Venel, member of the Swiss Federal Council (d. 1893)   

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

1821  [Carlos] Charles John Stolbrand, Brig General (Union volunteers) was born on May - 11.   

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 this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1838  On May - 11 birth of walter Goodman, British painter, illustrator and author (d. 1912)   

1840  On May - 11 birth of filippo Capocci, composer   

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

1852  On May - 11 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 this day in history 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 this day in history birth of carl Hauptmann, writer   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1672  On May - 11 death of charles Seton, 2nd Earl of Dunfermline, English royalist (b. 1615)   

1708  On this day in history death of jules Hardouin Mansart, French architect (b. 1646)   

1723  Death of Jean Galbert de Campistron, French dramatist (b. 1656) on May - 11.   

1742  On this day in history francesco Stradivari, Ital violin maker/son of Antonius, dies at 70   

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