Famous Birthdays In May - 11
Monday, 18 January 2021
1568 On this day in history 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 Cornelis van Alkemade, Dutch historian was born on this day in history.
1720 On this day in history birth of karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Münchhausen, German adventurer (d. 1797)
1722 Peter Camper, Leyden Holland, anatomist/professor (Amsterdam) was born on May - 11.
1731 On May - 11 birth of johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer
1733 On this day in history birth of victoire of France, daughter of king Louis XV (d. 1799)
1752 Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (d. 1840) was born on May - 11.
1763 On May - 11 birth of jános Batsányi, Hungarian poet (d. 1845)
1772 Henri-Jean Rigel, composer was born on this day in history.
1791 Jan Vaclav Hugo Vorisek, composer was born on May - 11.
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 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 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
1821 On this day in history birth of [Carlos] Charles John Stolbrand, Brig General (Union volunteers)
1823 On this day in history birth of alfred Stevens, Belgian painter
1824 Jean-Léon Gérôme, French painter and sculptor (d. 1904) was born on this day in history.
1827 On this day in history birth of jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, French sculptor and painter (d. 1875)
1830 On this day in history birth of john Converse Starkweather, Brig General (Union volunteers)
1835 Kārlis Baumanis, Latvian composer (d. 1905) was born on May - 11.
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 On this day in history birth of ernst von Possart, German actor/stage manager/reciter
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 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 Carl Hauptmann, writer was born on this day in history.
1861 Frederick Russell Burnham, father of the international scouting movement (d. 1947) was born on May - 11.
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)