Famous Birthdays In May - 11

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

1571  Niwa Nagashige, Japanese warlord (d. 1637) was born on May - 11.  

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  Peter Camper, Leyden Holland, anatomist/professor (Amsterdam) was born on this day in history.  

1731  On May - 11 birth of johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer  

1733  On May - 11 birth of victoire of France, daughter of king Louis XV (d. 1799)  

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  

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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  On this day in history birth of ira Aldridge, Great 19th century black Shakespearian actor (Othello)  

1811  Chang & Eng Bunker, Chinese Siamese twins was born on this day in history.  

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  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  John Converse Starkweather, Brig General (Union volunteers) was born on May - 11.  

1835  Kārlis Baumanis, Latvian composer (d. 1905) was born on this day in history.  

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  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 May - 11.  

1854  On May - 11 birth of john Blackham, cricketer (Australia's 1st wicketkeeper)  

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

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

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

1861  On this day in history birth of frederick Russell Burnham, father of the international scouting movement (d. 1947)  

1869  Francisco Lacerda, composer was born on May - 11.  

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  Matteo Ricci, Italian missionary (China), dies on this day in history.  

1631  On this day in history christoph Buel, composer, dies at 57  

1672  On May - 11 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 this day in history.  

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 May - 11.