Famous Birthdays In May - 11
Sunday, 01 October 2023
1568 Christian I, ruler of Anhalt-Bernburg (Battle of White Mountain) was born on May - 11.
1571 On May - 11 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 Peter Camper, Leyden Holland, anatomist/professor (Amsterdam) was born on this day in history.
1731 Johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer was born on May - 11.
1733 Victoire of France, daughter of king Louis XV (d. 1799) was born on May - 11.
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
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 this day in history.
1811 Chang & Eng Bunker, Chinese Siamese twins was born on May - 11.
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 [Carlos] Charles John Stolbrand, Brig General (Union volunteers) was born on May - 11.
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 On May - 11 birth of jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, French sculptor and painter (d. 1875)
1830 On May - 11 birth of john Converse Starkweather, Brig General (Union volunteers)
1835 KÄrlis Baumanis, Latvian composer (d. 1905) was born on May - 11.
1838 On this day in history birth of walter Goodman, British painter, illustrator and author (d. 1912)
1840 On May - 11 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 On May - 11 birth of john Blackham, cricketer (Australia's 1st wicketkeeper)
1854 Ottmar Mergenthaler, Hachtel Germany, inventor (linotype) was born on this day in history.
1855 Anatol Konstantinovich Lyadov, Russian composer (Bewitched Lake) was born on May - 11.
1858 On this day in history birth of carl Hauptmann, writer
1861 On May - 11 birth of frederick Russell Burnham, father of the international scouting movement (d. 1947)
1869 Francisco Lacerda, composer was born on this day in history.
1871 On this day in history birth of frank Schlesinger, American astronomer (d. 1943)