Famous Birthdays In May - 11

1568  On May - 11 birth of christian I, ruler of Anhalt-Bernburg (Battle of White Mountain)   

1571  On May - 11 birth of niwa Nagashige, Japanese warlord (d. 1637)   

1654  On May - 11 birth of cornelis van Alkemade, Dutch historian   

1720  On May - 11 birth of karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Münchhausen, German adventurer (d. 1797)   

1722  On May - 11 birth of peter Camper, Leyden Holland, anatomist/professor (Amsterdam)   

1731  On this day in history birth of johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer   

1733  Victoire of France, daughter of king Louis XV (d. 1799) was born on this day in history.   

1752  On May - 11 birth of johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (d. 1840)   

1763  On May - 11 birth of jános Batsányi, Hungarian poet (d. 1845)   

1772  On this day in history birth of henri-Jean Rigel, composer   

1791  Jan Vaclav Hugo Vorisek, composer was born on May - 11.   

1799  John Lowell, American philanthropist (d. 1836) was born on May - 11.   

1801  Henri Labrouste, French architect (d. 1875) was born on this day in history.   

1807  Ira Aldridge, Great 19th century black Shakespearian actor (Othello) was born on this day in history.   

1811  Chang & Eng Bunker, Chinese Siamese twins was born on May - 11.   

1811  On May - 11 birth of jean-Jacques Challet-Venel, member of the Swiss Federal Council (d. 1893)   

1817  On May - 11 birth of fanny Cerrito, Italian ballet dancer (d. 1909)   

1821  On this day in history birth of [Carlos] Charles John Stolbrand, Brig General (Union volunteers)   

1823  On this day in history birth of alfred Stevens, Belgian painter   

1824  On this day in history birth of jean-Léon Gérôme, French painter and sculptor (d. 1904)   

1827  Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, French sculptor and painter (d. 1875) was born on this day in history.   

1830  John Converse Starkweather, Brig General (Union volunteers) was born on this day in history.   

1835  On this day in history birth of kārlis Baumanis, Latvian composer (d. 1905)   

1838  On May - 11 birth of walter Goodman, British painter, illustrator and author (d. 1912)   

1840  On May - 11 birth of filippo Capocci, composer   

1841  On May - 11 birth of ernst von Possart, German actor/stage manager/reciter   

1852  Charles Warren Fairbanks, (R) 26th US VP (1905-09) was born on May - 11.   

1854  John Blackham, cricketer (Australia's 1st wicketkeeper) was born on May - 11.   

1854  On May - 11 birth of ottmar Mergenthaler, Hachtel Germany, inventor (linotype)   

1855  On this day in history birth of anatol Konstantinovich Lyadov, Russian composer (Bewitched Lake)   

1858  Carl Hauptmann, writer was born on May - 11.   

1861  Frederick Russell Burnham, father of the international scouting movement (d. 1947) was born on this day in history.   

1869  On this day in history birth of francisco Lacerda, composer   

1871  On May - 11 birth of frank Schlesinger, American astronomer (d. 1943)   

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1304  Death of Mahmud Ghazan, Mongol ruler (b. 1271) on May - 11.   

1610  On this day in history matteo Ricci, Italian missionary (China), dies   

1631  Christoph Buel, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1672  Death of Charles Seton, 2nd Earl of Dunfermline, English royalist (b. 1615) on May - 11.   

1708  On May - 11 death of jules Hardouin Mansart, French architect (b. 1646)   

1723  Death of Jean Galbert de Campistron, French dramatist (b. 1656) on this day in history.   

1742  Francesco Stradivari, Ital violin maker/son of Antonius, dies at 70 on May - 11.   

1772  On May - 11 death of joseph Kerckhoff, Limburg surgeon/robber captain, hanged