Famous Birthdays In May - 11

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

1571  Niwa Nagashige, Japanese warlord (d. 1637) was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history birth of johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer  

1733  On May - 11 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  On this day in history birth of henri-Jean Rigel, composer  

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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  On this day in history 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 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 May - 11.  

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

1824  Jean-Léon Gérôme, French painter and sculptor (d. 1904) was born on this day in history.  

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 May - 11.  

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 this day in history.  

1840  On this day in history birth of filippo Capocci, composer  

1841  On this day in history birth of ernst von Possart, German actor/stage manager/reciter  

1852  Charles Warren Fairbanks, (R) 26th US VP (1905-09) was born on May - 11.  

1854  On this day in history birth of john Blackham, cricketer (Australia's 1st wicketkeeper)  

1854  Ottmar Mergenthaler, Hachtel Germany, inventor (linotype) was born on May - 11.  

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

1858  On this day in history 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 May - 11.  

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1304  On this day in history death of mahmud Ghazan, Mongol ruler (b. 1271)  

1610  Matteo Ricci, Italian missionary (China), dies on this day in history.  

1631  Christoph Buel, composer, dies at 57 on May - 11.  

1672  Death of Charles Seton, 2nd Earl of Dunfermline, English royalist (b. 1615) on this day in history.  

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 this day in history death of joseph Kerckhoff, Limburg surgeon/robber captain, hanged