Famous Personalities Born In May - 04

1006  Abd-Allah Ansari, Persian mystic/poet (Monadjat) was born on this day in history.   

1008  On May - 04 birth of khajeh Abdollah Ansari, The Persian Sufi (d. 1088)   

1008  On this day in history birth of king Henry I of France (d. 1060)   

1611  Carlo Rainaldi, composer was born on this day in history.   

1631  On this day in history birth of mary I Henriette Stuart, daughter of Charles I/queen of England   

1635  Willem van Outhoorn, Dutch governor-general (Dutch East Indies) was born on this day in history.   

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

1655  Bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori, Italy, piano builder was born on May - 04.   

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

1733  On this day in history birth of jean-Charles de Borda, French mathematician, physicist, political scientist, and sailor (d. 1799)   

1738  Josef Kohaut, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1752  On this day in history birth of john Brooks, 11th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1825)   

1763  On this day in history birth of franz Stanislaus Spindler, composer   

1767  Tyagaraja, Composer of Indian classical Carnatic music (d. 1847) was born on this day in history.   

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

1772  Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus, German publisher (d. 1823) was born on May - 04.   

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

1777  On May - 04 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  Joseph Pannell Taylor, Brig General (Union Army), died in 1864 was born on this day in history.   

1796  On May - 04 birth of william H. Prescott, American historian (d. 1859)   

1820  On May - 04 birth of joseph Whitaker, England, publisher, founded Whitaker's Almanack   

1820  On this day in history birth of julia Gardiner Tyler, 2nd wife of Pres John Tyler (1841-45)   

1822  Charles Boucher de Boucherville, Quebec politician (d. 1915) was born on May - 04.   

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 this day in history.   

1826  Frederick Church, US romantic landscape painter (Hudson River Sch) was born on this day in history.   

1827  John Hanning Speke, British explorer (d. 1864) was born on May - 04.   

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  On May - 04 birth of emil Nikolaus Von Reznicek, Vienna Austria, composer (Donna Diana)   

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

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1436  Death of Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson, Swedish statesman (b. 1390s) on this day in history.   

1471  Death of Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales (killed in battle) (b. 1453) on this day in history.   

1506  On May - 04 death of husayn Bayqarah, ruler of Herat (b. 1438)   

1519  Death of Lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (b. 1492) on May - 04.   

1566  On May - 04 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 May - 04 ulisse Aldrovandi, Italian biologist/medical, dies at 82