Famous Personalities Born In May - 04

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

1008  On this day in history birth of khajeh Abdollah Ansari, The Persian Sufi (d. 1088)   

1008  King Henry I of France (d. 1060) was born on this day in history.   

1611  On May - 04 birth of carlo Rainaldi, composer   

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 May - 04 birth of richard Graves, English writer (d. 1804)   

1733  Jean-Charles de Borda, French mathematician, physicist, political scientist, and sailor (d. 1799) was born on May - 04.   

1738  On May - 04 birth of josef Kohaut, composer   

1744  Marianne von Martinez, composer was born on this day in history.   

1752  John Brooks, 11th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1825) was born on this day in history.   

1763  Franz Stanislaus Spindler, composer was born on May - 04.   

1767  On May - 04 birth of tyagaraja, Composer of Indian classical Carnatic music (d. 1847)   

1769  On May - 04 birth of charles Hague, composer   

1772  On May - 04 birth of friedrich Arnold Brockhaus, German publisher (d. 1823)   

1776  On May - 04 birth of johann Friedrich Herbart, Germany, philosopher/psychologist   

1777  Charles-Louis-Joseph Hanssens, composer was born on this day in history.   

1781  On this day in history birth of karl Christian Friedrich Krause, German philosopher (d. 1832)   

1796  Horace Mann, US, educator/author/editor (pioneered public schools) was born on this day in history.   

1796  Joseph Pannell Taylor, Brig General (Union Army), died in 1864 was born on this day in history.   

1796  William H. Prescott, American historian (d. 1859) was born on this day in history.   

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

1820  On May - 04 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 this day in history.   

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 May - 04.   

1826  Frederick Church, US romantic landscape painter (Hudson River Sch) was born on May - 04.   

1827  On May - 04 birth of john Hanning Speke, British explorer (d. 1864)   

1835  Edmund Hart Turpin, composer was born on this day in history.   

1852  On this day in history birth of alice Pleasance Liddell, English schoolgirl model for Alice in Wonderland (d. 1934)   

1860  Emil Nikolaus Von Reznicek, Vienna Austria, composer (Donna Diana) was born on May - 04.   

1867  On this day in history birth of dynam-Victor Fumet, composer   

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1436  On May - 04 death of engelbrekt Engelbrektsson, Swedish statesman (b. 1390s)   

1471  On May - 04 death of edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales (killed in battle) (b. 1453)   

1506  On this day in history death of husayn Bayqarah, ruler of Herat (b. 1438)   

1519  On this day in history death of lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (b. 1492)   

1566  Death of Luca Ghini, Italian physician and botanist (b. 1490) on this day in history.   

1594  On this day in history paul Buys, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies at 62   

1604  On May - 04 claudio Merulo, composer, dies at 71   

1605  Ulisse Aldrovandi, Italian biologist/medical, dies at 82 on May - 04.