Famous Birthdays In May - 11

1568  Christian I, ruler of Anhalt-Bernburg (Battle of White Mountain) was born on May - 11.  

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 May - 11 birth of karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Münchhausen, German adventurer (d. 1797)  

1722  Peter Camper, Leyden Holland, anatomist/professor (Amsterdam) was born on this day in history.  

1731  On this day in history birth of johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer  

1733  Victoire of France, daughter of king Louis XV (d. 1799) was born on May - 11.  

1752  Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (d. 1840) was born on May - 11.  

1763  János Batsányi, Hungarian poet (d. 1845) was born on May - 11.  

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

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

1799  On May - 11 birth of john Lowell, American philanthropist (d. 1836)  

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 May - 11.  

1811  On May - 11 birth of chang & Eng Bunker, Chinese Siamese twins  

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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history birth of john Converse Starkweather, Brig General (Union volunteers)  

1835  Kārlis 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  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  John Blackham, cricketer (Australia's 1st wicketkeeper) was born on this day in history.  

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  On May - 11 birth of carl Hauptmann, writer  

1861  On May - 11 birth of frederick Russell Burnham, father of the international scouting movement (d. 1947)  

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

1871  On May - 11 birth of frank Schlesinger, American astronomer (d. 1943)  

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1304  Death of Mahmud Ghazan, Mongol ruler (b. 1271) on this day in history.  

1610  Matteo Ricci, Italian missionary (China), dies on May - 11.  

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

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 this day in history.  

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

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.