Famous Personalities Born In May - 11

1568  Christian I, ruler of Anhalt-Bernburg (Battle of White Mountain) was born on May - 11.   

1571  On this day in history birth of niwa Nagashige, Japanese warlord (d. 1637)   

1654  On this day in history birth of cornelis van Alkemade, Dutch historian   

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

1722  Peter Camper, Leyden Holland, anatomist/professor (Amsterdam) was born on May - 11.   

1731  On May - 11 birth of johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer   

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

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

1763  János Batsányi, Hungarian poet (d. 1845) was born on this day in history.   

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

1791  On this day in history birth of jan Vaclav Hugo Vorisek, composer   

1799  John Lowell, American philanthropist (d. 1836) was born on this day in history.   

1801  Henri Labrouste, French architect (d. 1875) was born on May - 11.   

1807  On this day in history birth of ira Aldridge, Great 19th century black Shakespearian actor (Othello)   

1811  Chang & Eng Bunker, Chinese Siamese twins was born on this day in history.   

1811  Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel, member of the Swiss Federal Council (d. 1893) was born on this day in history.   

1817  Fanny Cerrito, Italian ballet dancer (d. 1909) was born on May - 11.   

1821  On May - 11 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  On this day in history birth of john Converse Starkweather, Brig General (Union volunteers)   

1835  Kārlis Baumanis, Latvian composer (d. 1905) was born on May - 11.   

1838  On this day in history birth of walter Goodman, British painter, illustrator and author (d. 1912)   

1840  Filippo Capocci, composer was born on May - 11.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1854  On this day in history birth of ottmar Mergenthaler, Hachtel Germany, inventor (linotype)   

1855  On May - 11 birth of anatol Konstantinovich Lyadov, Russian composer (Bewitched Lake)   

1858  On this day in history birth of carl Hauptmann, writer   

1861  On this day in history birth of frederick Russell Burnham, father of the international scouting movement (d. 1947)   

1869  On May - 11 birth of francisco Lacerda, composer   

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

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1304  On May - 11 death of mahmud Ghazan, Mongol ruler (b. 1271)   

1610  Matteo Ricci, Italian missionary (China), dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1708  Death of Jules Hardouin Mansart, French architect (b. 1646) on May - 11.   

1723  On May - 11 death of jean Galbert de Campistron, French dramatist (b. 1656)   

1742  Francesco Stradivari, Ital violin maker/son of Antonius, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1772  On this day in history death of joseph Kerckhoff, Limburg surgeon/robber captain, hanged