Famous Personalities Born In May - 11

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

1571  Niwa Nagashige, Japanese warlord (d. 1637) was born on this day in history.   

1654  Cornelis van Alkemade, Dutch historian was born on this day in history.   

1720  Karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Münchhausen, German adventurer (d. 1797) was born on May - 11.   

1722  On this day in history birth of peter Camper, Leyden Holland, anatomist/professor (Amsterdam)   

1731  Johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer was born on this day in history.   

1733  Victoire of France, daughter of king Louis XV (d. 1799) was born on May - 11.   

1752  On this day in history birth of johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (d. 1840)   

1763  On this day in history birth of jános Batsányi, Hungarian poet (d. 1845)   

1772  Henri-Jean Rigel, composer was born on May - 11.   

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

1799  On this day in history birth of john Lowell, American philanthropist (d. 1836)   

1801  On this day in history birth of henri Labrouste, French architect (d. 1875)   

1807  On May - 11 birth of ira Aldridge, Great 19th century black Shakespearian actor (Othello)   

1811  On May - 11 birth of chang & Eng Bunker, Chinese Siamese twins   

1811  Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel, member of the Swiss Federal Council (d. 1893) was born on May - 11.   

1817  On this day in history 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  Alfred Stevens, Belgian painter was born on May - 11.   

1824  Jean-Léon Gérôme, French painter and sculptor (d. 1904) was born on this day in history.   

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 May - 11 birth of kārlis Baumanis, Latvian composer (d. 1905)   

1838  Walter Goodman, British painter, illustrator and author (d. 1912) was born on this day in history.   

1840  Filippo Capocci, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1852  On this day in history birth of charles Warren Fairbanks, (R) 26th US VP (1905-09)   

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  On May - 11 birth of carl Hauptmann, writer   

1861  On May - 11 birth of frederick Russell Burnham, father of the international scouting movement (d. 1947)   

1869  Francisco Lacerda, composer was born on May - 11.   

1871  On this day in history 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  Matteo Ricci, Italian missionary (China), dies on May - 11.   

1631  On May - 11 christoph Buel, composer, dies at 57   

1672  On this day in history death of charles Seton, 2nd Earl of Dunfermline, English royalist (b. 1615)   

1708  Death of Jules Hardouin Mansart, French architect (b. 1646) on this day in history.   

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

1742  On May - 11 francesco Stradivari, Ital violin maker/son of Antonius, dies at 70   

1772  Death of Joseph Kerckhoff, Limburg surgeon/robber captain, hanged on this day in history.