Famous Personalities Born In August - 04

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  Pope Urban VII (d. 1590) was born on this day in history.   

1604  François Hédelin, abbé d'Aubignac, French writer (d. 1676) was born on this day in history.   

1664  Louis Lully, composer was born on this day in history.   

1687  Johan Willem Friso, prince of Orange/monarch of Nassau-Dietz [OS] was born on this day in history.   

1701  On this day in history birth of thomas Blackwell, Scottish classical scholar (d. 1757)   

1705  On August - 04 birth of vaclav Matyas Gurecky, composer   

1719  On this day in history birth of johann Gottlob Lehmann, German minerologist and geologist (d. 1767)   

1721  On this day in history birth of granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, English politician (d. 1803)   

1731  Giuseppe Colla, composer was born on this day in history.   

1748  Maximilian Stadler, composer was born on this day in history.   

1755  Nicolas-Jacque Conte, inventor (modern pencil) was born on August - 04.   

1776  Wenzel Sedlak, composer was born on this day in history.   

1792  Percy Bysshe Shelley, England, romantic poet (Adonais) was born on August - 04.   

1799  Olof Wilhelm Udden, composer was born on this day in history.   

1805  On August - 04 birth of william Rowan Hamilton, Irish mathematician (d. 1865)   

1816  Israel Vogdes, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1889 was born on August - 04.   

1818  Lovell Harrison Rosseau, Major General (Union volunteers) was born on this day in history.   

1821  On August - 04 birth of james White, American theologian (d. 1881)   

1823  On this day in history birth of oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton, (Gov-Ind), died in 1877   

1825  Arthur Haygarth, cricketer (Middlesex & Surrey bat, famous biographer) was born on August - 04.   

1834  John Venn, English mathematician (d. 1923) was born on August - 04.   

1839  On August - 04 birth of walter Pater, London England, writer (Plato & Platoism)   

1843  Flor van Duyse, composer was born on August - 04.   

1846  On August - 04 birth of silas Gamaliel Pratt, composer   

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

1859  Knut Hamsun, Norway, writer/Nazi (Hunger-Nobel 1920) was born on August - 04.   

1865  Gus Kempis, South African cricketer (d. 1890) was born on August - 04.   

1867  On this day in history birth of jake Beckley, American baseball player (d. 1918)   

1870  On this day in history birth of harry Lauder, Scotland, comedian/singer (Roamin' in the Gloamin)   

1873  Damasco Berenguer y Fuste, Spanish general/minister of War was born on this day in history.   

1884  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1265  Simon de Montfort, English earl of Leicester, dies in battle on this day in history.   

1306  Death of Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (b. 1289) on this day in history.   

1338  On August - 04 death of thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, son of Edward I of England (b. 1300)   

1430  On this day in history philip of Saint-Pol, duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies at 26   

1476  On this day in history death of jacob van Armagnac-Pardiac, French duke of Nemours, beheaded