Famous Birthdays In May - 11

1568  On May - 11 birth of christian I, ruler of Anhalt-Bernburg (Battle of White Mountain)  

1571  Niwa Nagashige, Japanese warlord (d. 1637) was born on May - 11.  

1654  On this day in history birth of cornelis van Alkemade, Dutch historian  

1720  Karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Münchhausen, German adventurer (d. 1797) was born on this day in history.  

1722  Peter Camper, Leyden Holland, anatomist/professor (Amsterdam) was born on this day in history.  

1731  On May - 11 birth of johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer  

1733  On May - 11 birth of victoire of France, daughter of king Louis XV (d. 1799)  

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

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

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

1807  On this day in history birth of ira Aldridge, Great 19th century black Shakespearian actor (Othello)  

1811  Chang & Eng Bunker, Chinese Siamese twins was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1824  Jean-Léon Gérôme, French painter and sculptor (d. 1904) was born on May - 11.  

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  Kārlis Baumanis, Latvian composer (d. 1905) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1858  Carl Hauptmann, writer was born on May - 11.  

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

1869  Francisco Lacerda, composer was born on this day in history.  

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  On May - 11 death of jules Hardouin Mansart, French architect (b. 1646)  

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

1742  Francesco Stradivari, Ital violin maker/son of Antonius, dies at 70 on May - 11.  

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