Famous Birthdays In August - 04

1222  On this day in history birth of richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, English soldier (d. 1262)   

1290  On August - 04 birth of duke Leopold I of Austria (d. 1326)   

1502  Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter/carpet designer was born on this day in history.   

1521  On August - 04 birth of pope Urban VII (d. 1590)   

1604  On August - 04 birth of françois Hédelin, abbé d'Aubignac, French writer (d. 1676)   

1664  On August - 04 birth of louis Lully, composer   

1687  Johan Willem Friso, prince of Orange/monarch of Nassau-Dietz [OS] was born on this day in history.   

1701  On this day in history birth of thomas Blackwell, Scottish classical scholar (d. 1757)   

1705  Vaclav Matyas Gurecky, composer was born on this day in history.   

1719  Johann Gottlob Lehmann, German minerologist and geologist (d. 1767) was born on August - 04.   

1721  Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, English politician (d. 1803) was born on August - 04.   

1731  Giuseppe Colla, composer was born on August - 04.   

1748  On this day in history birth of maximilian Stadler, composer   

1755  Nicolas-Jacque Conte, inventor (modern pencil) was born on this day in history.   

1776  On this day in history birth of wenzel Sedlak, composer   

1792  Percy Bysshe Shelley, England, romantic poet (Adonais) was born on August - 04.   

1799  On August - 04 birth of olof Wilhelm Udden, composer   

1805  On August - 04 birth of william Rowan Hamilton, Irish mathematician (d. 1865)   

1816  On August - 04 birth of israel Vogdes, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1889   

1818  On this day in history birth of lovell Harrison Rosseau, Major General (Union volunteers)   

1821  James White, American theologian (d. 1881) was born on August - 04.   

1823  On August - 04 birth of oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton, (Gov-Ind), died in 1877   

1825  On August - 04 birth of arthur Haygarth, cricketer (Middlesex & Surrey bat, famous biographer)   

1834  John Venn, English mathematician (d. 1923) was born on this day in history.   

1839  On August - 04 birth of walter Pater, London England, writer (Plato & Platoism)   

1843  Flor van Duyse, composer was born on August - 04.   

1846  On August - 04 birth of silas Gamaliel Pratt, composer   

1848  On August - 04 birth of vladimir Sukhomlinov, Russian general (d. 1926)   

1859  Knut Hamsun, Norway, writer/Nazi (Hunger-Nobel 1920) was born on August - 04.   

1865  Gus Kempis, South African cricketer (d. 1890) was born on August - 04.   

1867  Jake Beckley, American baseball player (d. 1918) was born on August - 04.   

1870  Harry Lauder, Scotland, comedian/singer (Roamin' in the Gloamin) was born on August - 04.   

1873  On August - 04 birth of damasco Berenguer y Fuste, Spanish general/minister of War   

1884  Henri Cornet, French cyclist (d. 1941) was born on this day in history.   

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1060  On this day in history henry I, King of France (1027..60), dies at 52   

1113  On August - 04 death of gertrude of Saxony (b. 1030)   

1204  Death of Boniface of Montferrat, margrave of Montferrat, murdered on this day in history.   

1265  Simon de Montfort, English earl of Leicester, dies in battle on August - 04.   

1306  Death of Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (b. 1289) on this day in history.   

1338  Death of Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, son of Edward I of England (b. 1300) on August - 04.   

1430  Philip of Saint-Pol, duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies at 26 on August - 04.   

1476  On this day in history death of jacob van Armagnac-Pardiac, French duke of Nemours, beheaded