Famous Birthdays In May - 11

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

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

1654  Cornelis van Alkemade, Dutch historian was born on May - 11.  

1720  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history 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 May - 11 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  [Carlos] Charles John Stolbrand, Brig General (Union volunteers) was born on May - 11.  

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

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

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 May - 11.  

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

1841  Ernst von Possart, German actor/stage manager/reciter was born on May - 11.  

1852  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of ottmar Mergenthaler, Hachtel Germany, inventor (linotype)  

1855  Anatol Konstantinovich Lyadov, Russian composer (Bewitched Lake) was born on this day in history.  

1858  On this day in history birth of carl Hauptmann, writer  

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 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  On this day in history death of charles Seton, 2nd Earl of Dunfermline, English royalist (b. 1615)  

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