Famous Birthdays In May - 11

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

1571  On May - 11 birth of niwa Nagashige, Japanese warlord (d. 1637)  

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  Johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer was born on May - 11.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1791  On this day in history birth of jan Vaclav Hugo Vorisek, composer  

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  Chang & Eng Bunker, Chinese Siamese twins was born on May - 11.  

1811  Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel, member of the Swiss Federal Council (d. 1893) was born on May - 11.  

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 this day in history birth of alfred Stevens, Belgian painter  

1824  On this day in history birth of jean-Léon Gérôme, French painter and sculptor (d. 1904)  

1827  On May - 11 birth of jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, French sculptor and painter (d. 1875)  

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

1840  On May - 11 birth of filippo Capocci, composer  

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  Ottmar Mergenthaler, Hachtel Germany, inventor (linotype) was born on this day in history.  

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 May - 11 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  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  Death of Charles Seton, 2nd Earl of Dunfermline, English royalist (b. 1615) on May - 11.  

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

1772  On May - 11 death of joseph Kerckhoff, Limburg surgeon/robber captain, hanged