Famous Birthdays In May - 04

1006  On May - 04 birth of abd-Allah Ansari, Persian mystic/poet (Monadjat)   

1008  Khajeh Abdollah Ansari, The Persian Sufi (d. 1088) was born on this day in history.   

1008  On May - 04 birth of king Henry I of France (d. 1060)   

1611  On this day in history birth of carlo Rainaldi, composer   

1631  Mary I Henriette Stuart, daughter of Charles I/queen of England was born on this day in history.   

1635  Willem van Outhoorn, Dutch governor-general (Dutch East Indies) was born on May - 04.   

1654  On this day in history birth of kangxi Emperor of China (d. 1722)   

1655  On this day in history birth of bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori, Italy, piano builder   

1715  On this day in history birth of richard Graves, English writer (d. 1804)   

1733  On May - 04 birth of jean-Charles de Borda, French mathematician, physicist, political scientist, and sailor (d. 1799)   

1738  On May - 04 birth of josef Kohaut, composer   

1744  On this day in history birth of marianne von Martinez, composer   

1752  John Brooks, 11th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1825) was born on this day in history.   

1763  Franz Stanislaus Spindler, composer was born on May - 04.   

1767  Tyagaraja, Composer of Indian classical Carnatic music (d. 1847) was born on May - 04.   

1769  Charles Hague, composer was born on this day in history.   

1772  On May - 04 birth of friedrich Arnold Brockhaus, German publisher (d. 1823)   

1776  On this day in history birth of johann Friedrich Herbart, Germany, philosopher/psychologist   

1777  On this day in history birth of charles-Louis-Joseph Hanssens, composer   

1781  Karl Christian Friedrich Krause, German philosopher (d. 1832) was born on May - 04.   

1796  Horace Mann, US, educator/author/editor (pioneered public schools) was born on May - 04.   

1796  On this day in history birth of joseph Pannell Taylor, Brig General (Union Army), died in 1864   

1796  William H. Prescott, American historian (d. 1859) was born on May - 04.   

1820  On this day in history birth of joseph Whitaker, England, publisher, founded Whitaker's Almanack   

1820  On May - 04 birth of julia Gardiner Tyler, 2nd wife of Pres John Tyler (1841-45)   

1822  On this day in history birth of charles Boucher de Boucherville, Quebec politician (d. 1915)   

1825  On this day in history birth of thomas Henry Huxley, scientist/humanist/Darwinist   

1825  Augustus Le Plongeon, French antiquitarian (d. 1908) was born on May - 04.   

1826  Frederick Church, US romantic landscape painter (Hudson River Sch) was born on May - 04.   

1827  John Hanning Speke, British explorer (d. 1864) was born on this day in history.   

1835  On this day in history birth of edmund Hart Turpin, composer   

1852  Alice Pleasance Liddell, English schoolgirl model for Alice in Wonderland (d. 1934) was born on May - 04.   

1860  Emil Nikolaus Von Reznicek, Vienna Austria, composer (Donna Diana) was born on May - 04.   

1867  Dynam-Victor Fumet, composer was born on May - 04.   

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1436  On May - 04 death of engelbrekt Engelbrektsson, Swedish statesman (b. 1390s)   

1471  Death of Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales (killed in battle) (b. 1453) on May - 04.   

1506  Death of Husayn Bayqarah, ruler of Herat (b. 1438) on this day in history.   

1519  Death of Lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (b. 1492) on this day in history.   

1566  On this day in history death of luca Ghini, Italian physician and botanist (b. 1490)   

1594  On this day in history paul Buys, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies at 62   

1604  Claudio Merulo, composer, dies at 71 on May - 04.   

1605  On this day in history ulisse Aldrovandi, Italian biologist/medical, dies at 82