Famous Personalities Born In August - 04
Wednesday, 19 March 2025
1222 On this day in history birth of richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, English soldier (d. 1262)
1290 On this day in history birth of duke Leopold I of Austria (d. 1326)
1502 Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter/carpet designer was born on August - 04.
1521 Pope Urban VII (d. 1590) was born on this day in history.
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 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 August - 04 birth of vaclav Matyas Gurecky, composer
1719 Johann Gottlob Lehmann, German minerologist and geologist (d. 1767) was born on this day in history.
1721 Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, English politician (d. 1803) was born on this day in history.
1731 On August - 04 birth of giuseppe Colla, composer
1748 On August - 04 birth of maximilian Stadler, composer
1755 On this day in history birth of nicolas-Jacque Conte, inventor (modern pencil)
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 William Rowan Hamilton, Irish mathematician (d. 1865) was born on August - 04.
1816 Israel Vogdes, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1889 was born on this day in history.
1818 Lovell Harrison Rosseau, Major General (Union volunteers) was born on this day in history.
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 On this day in history birth of john Venn, English mathematician (d. 1923)
1839 On August - 04 birth of walter Pater, London England, writer (Plato & Platoism)
1843 On this day in history birth of flor van Duyse, composer
1846 Silas Gamaliel Pratt, composer was born on August - 04.
1848 Vladimir Sukhomlinov, Russian general (d. 1926) was born on August - 04.
1859 On August - 04 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 August - 04.
1873 Damasco Berenguer y Fuste, Spanish general/minister of War was born on this day in history.
1884 Henri Cornet, French cyclist (d. 1941) was born on August - 04.