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  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 May - 11.  

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 this day in history birth of johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (d. 1840)  

1763  On this day in history birth of jános Batsányi, Hungarian poet (d. 1845)  

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

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1791  Jan Vaclav Hugo Vorisek, composer was born on May - 11.  

1799  John Lowell, American philanthropist (d. 1836) was born on this day in history.  

1801  On this day in history birth of henri Labrouste, French architect (d. 1875)  

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  On May - 11 birth of fanny Cerrito, Italian ballet dancer (d. 1909)  

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

1823  On May - 11 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 May - 11.  

1830  John Converse Starkweather, Brig General (Union volunteers) was born on May - 11.  

1835  On May - 11 birth of kārlis Baumanis, Latvian composer (d. 1905)  

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  Ernst von Possart, German actor/stage manager/reciter was born on May - 11.  

1852  On this day in history birth of charles Warren Fairbanks, (R) 26th US VP (1905-09)  

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  Carl Hauptmann, writer was born on this day in history.  

1861  Frederick Russell Burnham, father of the international scouting movement (d. 1947) was born on this day in history.  

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)  

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

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

1631  Christoph Buel, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.  

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

1708  On this day in history death of jules Hardouin Mansart, French architect (b. 1646)  

1723  On May - 11 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  Death of Joseph Kerckhoff, Limburg surgeon/robber captain, hanged on May - 11.