Famous Personalities Born In August - 04

1222  On August - 04 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  On this day in history birth of pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter/carpet designer   

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

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

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

1687  Johan Willem Friso, prince of Orange/monarch of Nassau-Dietz [OS] was born on August - 04.   

1701  On August - 04 birth of thomas Blackwell, Scottish classical scholar (d. 1757)   

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 this day in history.   

1748  Maximilian Stadler, composer was born on August - 04.   

1755  Nicolas-Jacque Conte, inventor (modern pencil) was born on this day in history.   

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  William Rowan Hamilton, Irish mathematician (d. 1865) was born on this day in history.   

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 August - 04.   

1821  James White, American theologian (d. 1881) was born on August - 04.   

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  Flor van Duyse, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1848  Vladimir Sukhomlinov, Russian general (d. 1926) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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1060  Henry I, King of France (1027..60), dies at 52 on August - 04.   

1113  Death of Gertrude of Saxony (b. 1030) on August - 04.   

1204  On this day in history death of boniface of Montferrat, margrave of Montferrat, murdered   

1265  On August - 04 simon de Montfort, English earl of Leicester, dies in battle   

1306  On this day in history death of wenceslaus III of Bohemia (b. 1289)   

1338  Death of Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, son of Edward I of England (b. 1300) on August - 04.   

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

1476  Death of Jacob van Armagnac-Pardiac, French duke of Nemours, beheaded on this day in history.