Famous Birthdays In May - 11

1568  On May - 11 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  Cornelis van Alkemade, Dutch historian was born on May - 11.   

1720  Karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Münchhausen, German adventurer (d. 1797) was born on May - 11.   

1722  On May - 11 birth of peter Camper, Leyden Holland, anatomist/professor (Amsterdam)   

1731  On May - 11 birth of johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer   

1733  Victoire of France, daughter of king Louis XV (d. 1799) was born on this day in history.   

1752  Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (d. 1840) was born on May - 11.   

1763  On May - 11 birth of jános Batsányi, Hungarian poet (d. 1845)   

1772  On May - 11 birth of henri-Jean Rigel, composer   

1791  On May - 11 birth of jan Vaclav Hugo Vorisek, composer   

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

1801  Henri Labrouste, French architect (d. 1875) was born on May - 11.   

1807  Ira Aldridge, Great 19th century black Shakespearian actor (Othello) was born on this day in history.   

1811  Chang & Eng Bunker, Chinese Siamese twins was born on May - 11.   

1811  Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel, member of the Swiss Federal Council (d. 1893) was born on this day in history.   

1817  On this day in history birth of fanny Cerrito, Italian ballet dancer (d. 1909)   

1821  [Carlos] Charles John Stolbrand, Brig General (Union volunteers) was born on May - 11.   

1823  Alfred Stevens, Belgian painter was born on May - 11.   

1824  On May - 11 birth of jean-Léon Gérôme, French painter and sculptor (d. 1904)   

1827  On May - 11 birth of jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, French sculptor and painter (d. 1875)   

1830  John Converse Starkweather, Brig General (Union volunteers) was born on this day in history.   

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  Filippo Capocci, composer was born on May - 11.   

1841  Ernst von Possart, German actor/stage manager/reciter was born on May - 11.   

1852  On May - 11 birth of charles Warren Fairbanks, (R) 26th US VP (1905-09)   

1854  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of carl Hauptmann, writer   

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 May - 11.   

1871  On this day in history birth of frank Schlesinger, American astronomer (d. 1943)   

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1304  On May - 11 death of mahmud Ghazan, Mongol ruler (b. 1271)   

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

1631  On this day in history christoph Buel, composer, dies at 57   

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

1708  Death of Jules Hardouin Mansart, French architect (b. 1646) on this day in history.   

1723  On May - 11 death of jean Galbert de Campistron, French dramatist (b. 1656)   

1742  Francesco Stradivari, Ital violin maker/son of Antonius, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1772  On May - 11 death of joseph Kerckhoff, Limburg surgeon/robber captain, hanged