Famous Birthdays In May - 11

1568  Christian I, ruler of Anhalt-Bernburg (Battle of White Mountain) was born on this day in history.  

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  On May - 11 birth of karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Münchhausen, German adventurer (d. 1797)  

1722  On this day in history birth of peter Camper, Leyden Holland, anatomist/professor (Amsterdam)  

1731  On this day in history birth of johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer  

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

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

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

1799  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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  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  Alfred Stevens, Belgian painter was born on this day in history.  

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  On May - 11 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 this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history.  

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

1855  On this day in history birth of anatol Konstantinovich Lyadov, Russian composer (Bewitched Lake)  

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

1861  Frederick Russell Burnham, father of the international scouting movement (d. 1947) was born on this day in history.  

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  Death of Mahmud Ghazan, Mongol ruler (b. 1271) on May - 11.  

1610  On this day in history matteo Ricci, Italian missionary (China), dies  

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 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 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