Famous Personalities Born In May - 11

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

1571  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of peter Camper, Leyden Holland, anatomist/professor (Amsterdam)   

1731  On May - 11 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  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.   

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

1799  John Lowell, American philanthropist (d. 1836) was born on May - 11.   

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 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 May - 11.   

1821  On May - 11 birth of [Carlos] Charles John Stolbrand, Brig General (Union volunteers)   

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  Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, French sculptor and painter (d. 1875) was born on this day in history.   

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  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 this day in history.   

1854  John Blackham, cricketer (Australia's 1st wicketkeeper) was born on May - 11.   

1854  On May - 11 birth of ottmar Mergenthaler, Hachtel Germany, inventor (linotype)   

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

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

1861  Frederick Russell Burnham, father of the international scouting movement (d. 1947) was born on May - 11.   

1869  On this day in history birth of francisco Lacerda, composer   

1871  Frank Schlesinger, American astronomer (d. 1943) was born on May - 11.   

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1304  On May - 11 death of mahmud Ghazan, Mongol ruler (b. 1271)   

1610  On May - 11 matteo Ricci, Italian missionary (China), dies   

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

1672  Death of Charles Seton, 2nd Earl of Dunfermline, English royalist (b. 1615) on May - 11.   

1708  On May - 11 death of jules Hardouin Mansart, French architect (b. 1646)   

1723  Death of Jean Galbert de Campistron, French dramatist (b. 1656) on May - 11.   

1742  Francesco Stradivari, Ital violin maker/son of Antonius, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1772  Death of Joseph Kerckhoff, Limburg surgeon/robber captain, hanged on this day in history.