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 this day in history.  

1654  On May - 11 birth of cornelis van Alkemade, Dutch historian  

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  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  Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (d. 1840) was born on this day in history.  

1763  János Batsányi, Hungarian poet (d. 1845) was born on this day in history.  

1772  Henri-Jean Rigel, composer was born on May - 11.  

1791  On May - 11 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 this day in history.  

1807  On May - 11 birth of ira Aldridge, Great 19th century black Shakespearian actor (Othello)  

1811  On this day in history birth of chang & Eng Bunker, Chinese Siamese twins  

1811  On this day in history 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 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  On this day in history birth of jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, French sculptor and painter (d. 1875)  

1830  John Converse Starkweather, Brig General (Union volunteers) was born on this day in history.  

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 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  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 this day in history.  

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  Death of Mahmud Ghazan, Mongol ruler (b. 1271) on May - 11.  

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 this day in history.  

1708  Death of Jules Hardouin Mansart, French architect (b. 1646) on May - 11.  

1723  On this day in history death of jean Galbert de Campistron, French dramatist (b. 1656)  

1742  On this day in history francesco Stradivari, Ital violin maker/son of Antonius, dies at 70  

1772  On this day in history death of joseph Kerckhoff, Limburg surgeon/robber captain, hanged