Famous Birthdays In May - 11

1568  On this day in history birth of christian I, ruler of Anhalt-Bernburg (Battle of White Mountain)  

1571  On this day in history birth of niwa Nagashige, Japanese warlord (d. 1637)  

1654  Cornelis van Alkemade, Dutch historian was born on this day in history.  

1720  Karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Münchhausen, German adventurer (d. 1797) was born on May - 11.  

1722  On May - 11 birth of peter Camper, Leyden Holland, anatomist/professor (Amsterdam)  

1731  Johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1772  Henri-Jean Rigel, composer was born on this day in history.  

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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 May - 11.  

1811  On this day in history 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  Fanny Cerrito, Italian ballet dancer (d. 1909) was born on May - 11.  

1821  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1830  On this day in history birth of john Converse Starkweather, Brig General (Union volunteers)  

1835  On May - 11 birth of kārlis Baumanis, Latvian composer (d. 1905)  

1838  On May - 11 birth of walter Goodman, British painter, illustrator and author (d. 1912)  

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

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

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

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  On May - 11 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 this day in history.  

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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 May - 11.  

1631  On May - 11 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 this day in history.  

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 May - 11.