Famous Personalities Born In August - 04
Saturday, 15 February 2025
1222 Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, English soldier (d. 1262) was born on this day in history.
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 August - 04.
1521 On August - 04 birth of pope Urban VII (d. 1590)
1604 On this day in history birth of françois Hédelin, abbé d'Aubignac, French writer (d. 1676)
1664 On August - 04 birth of louis Lully, composer
1687 On August - 04 birth of johan Willem Friso, prince of Orange/monarch of Nassau-Dietz [OS]
1701 On August - 04 birth of thomas Blackwell, Scottish classical scholar (d. 1757)
1705 Vaclav Matyas Gurecky, composer was born on August - 04.
1719 Johann Gottlob Lehmann, German minerologist and geologist (d. 1767) was born on August - 04.
1721 On August - 04 birth of granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, English politician (d. 1803)
1731 On August - 04 birth of giuseppe Colla, composer
1748 On this day in history birth of maximilian Stadler, composer
1755 Nicolas-Jacque Conte, inventor (modern pencil) was born on August - 04.
1776 On this day in history birth of wenzel Sedlak, composer
1792 On this day in history birth of percy Bysshe Shelley, England, romantic poet (Adonais)
1799 Olof Wilhelm Udden, composer was born on this day in history.
1805 On this day in history birth of william Rowan Hamilton, Irish mathematician (d. 1865)
1816 Israel Vogdes, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1889 was born on this day in history.
1818 On August - 04 birth of lovell Harrison Rosseau, Major General (Union volunteers)
1821 James White, American theologian (d. 1881) was born on August - 04.
1823 Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton, (Gov-Ind), died in 1877 was born on August - 04.
1825 On this day in history birth of arthur Haygarth, cricketer (Middlesex & Surrey bat, famous biographer)
1834 John Venn, English mathematician (d. 1923) was born on August - 04.
1839 Walter Pater, London England, writer (Plato & Platoism) was born on this day in history.
1843 Flor van Duyse, composer was born on August - 04.
1846 On this day in history birth of silas Gamaliel Pratt, composer
1848 On August - 04 birth of vladimir Sukhomlinov, Russian general (d. 1926)
1859 On this day in history birth of knut Hamsun, Norway, writer/Nazi (Hunger-Nobel 1920)
1865 Gus Kempis, South African cricketer (d. 1890) was born on August - 04.
1867 Jake Beckley, American baseball player (d. 1918) was born on this day in history.
1870 Harry Lauder, Scotland, comedian/singer (Roamin' in the Gloamin) was born on August - 04.
1873 On this day in history birth of damasco Berenguer y Fuste, Spanish general/minister of War
1884 On August - 04 birth of henri Cornet, French cyclist (d. 1941)