Famous Birthdays In August - 04

1222  Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, English soldier (d. 1262) was born on this day in history.   

1290  Duke Leopold I of Austria (d. 1326) was born on this day in history.   

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

1521  Pope Urban VII (d. 1590) was born on August - 04.   

1604  François Hédelin, abbé d'Aubignac, French writer (d. 1676) was born on August - 04.   

1664  On this day in history birth of louis Lully, composer   

1687  On this day in history birth of johan Willem Friso, prince of Orange/monarch of Nassau-Dietz [OS]   

1701  Thomas Blackwell, Scottish classical scholar (d. 1757) was born on August - 04.   

1705  On this day in history birth of vaclav Matyas Gurecky, composer   

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  Giuseppe Colla, composer was born on August - 04.   

1748  On August - 04 birth of maximilian Stadler, composer   

1755  On this day in history birth of nicolas-Jacque Conte, inventor (modern pencil)   

1776  Wenzel Sedlak, composer was born on August - 04.   

1792  Percy Bysshe Shelley, England, romantic poet (Adonais) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1821  On this day in history birth of james White, American theologian (d. 1881)   

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

1825  Arthur Haygarth, cricketer (Middlesex & Surrey bat, famous biographer) was born on this day in history.   

1834  On this day in history birth of john Venn, English mathematician (d. 1923)   

1839  On this day in history birth of walter Pater, London England, writer (Plato & Platoism)   

1843  On August - 04 birth of flor van Duyse, composer   

1846  Silas Gamaliel Pratt, composer was born on this day in history.   

1848  Vladimir Sukhomlinov, Russian general (d. 1926) was born on August - 04.   

1859  On this day in history birth of knut Hamsun, Norway, writer/Nazi (Hunger-Nobel 1920)   

1865  On August - 04 birth of gus Kempis, South African cricketer (d. 1890)   

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 this day in history.   

1873  Damasco Berenguer y Fuste, Spanish general/minister of War was born on August - 04.   

1884  On August - 04 birth of henri Cornet, French cyclist (d. 1941)   

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

1113  Death of Gertrude of Saxony (b. 1030) on this day in history.   

1204  Death of Boniface of Montferrat, margrave of Montferrat, murdered on August - 04.   

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

1306  On August - 04 death of wenceslaus III of Bohemia (b. 1289)   

1338  On this day in history death of thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, son of Edward I of England (b. 1300)   

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