Famous Birthdays In August - 04

1222  Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, English soldier (d. 1262) was born on this day in history.   

1290  Duke Leopold I of Austria (d. 1326) was born on August - 04.   

1502  Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter/carpet designer was born on August - 04.   

1521  On August - 04 birth of pope Urban VII (d. 1590)   

1604  On this day in history birth of françois Hédelin, abbé d'Aubignac, French writer (d. 1676)   

1664  Louis Lully, composer was born on August - 04.   

1687  On August - 04 birth of johan Willem Friso, prince of Orange/monarch of Nassau-Dietz [OS]   

1701  On this day in history birth of thomas Blackwell, Scottish classical scholar (d. 1757)   

1705  Vaclav Matyas Gurecky, composer was born on this day in history.   

1719  Johann Gottlob Lehmann, German minerologist and geologist (d. 1767) was born on this day in history.   

1721  Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, English politician (d. 1803) was born on August - 04.   

1731  On this day in history birth of giuseppe Colla, composer   

1748  Maximilian Stadler, composer was born on August - 04.   

1755  Nicolas-Jacque Conte, inventor (modern pencil) was born on this day in history.   

1776  On August - 04 birth of wenzel Sedlak, composer   

1792  Percy Bysshe Shelley, England, romantic poet (Adonais) was born on this day in history.   

1799  On August - 04 birth of olof Wilhelm Udden, composer   

1805  William Rowan Hamilton, Irish mathematician (d. 1865) was born on August - 04.   

1816  Israel Vogdes, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1889 was born on August - 04.   

1818  On this day in history birth of lovell Harrison Rosseau, Major General (Union volunteers)   

1821  James White, American theologian (d. 1881) was born on August - 04.   

1823  On August - 04 birth of oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton, (Gov-Ind), died in 1877   

1825  On August - 04 birth of arthur Haygarth, cricketer (Middlesex & Surrey bat, famous biographer)   

1834  John Venn, English mathematician (d. 1923) was born on this day in history.   

1839  Walter Pater, London England, writer (Plato & Platoism) was born on August - 04.   

1843  Flor van Duyse, composer was born on this day in history.   

1846  Silas Gamaliel Pratt, composer was born on August - 04.   

1848  On August - 04 birth of vladimir Sukhomlinov, Russian general (d. 1926)   

1859  Knut Hamsun, Norway, writer/Nazi (Hunger-Nobel 1920) was born on this day in history.   

1865  On this day in history birth of gus Kempis, South African cricketer (d. 1890)   

1867  On this day in history birth of jake Beckley, American baseball player (d. 1918)   

1870  On this day in history birth of harry Lauder, Scotland, comedian/singer (Roamin' in the Gloamin)   

1873  Damasco Berenguer y Fuste, Spanish general/minister of War was born on this day in history.   

1884  On this day in history birth of henri Cornet, French cyclist (d. 1941)   

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1060  On this day in history henry I, King of France (1027..60), dies at 52   

1113  On August - 04 death of gertrude of Saxony (b. 1030)   

1204  Death of Boniface of Montferrat, margrave of Montferrat, murdered on August - 04.   

1265  On this day in history simon de Montfort, English earl of Leicester, dies in battle   

1306  Death of Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (b. 1289) on this day in history.   

1338  On August - 04 death of thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, son of Edward I of England (b. 1300)   

1430  Philip of Saint-Pol, duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies at 26 on August - 04.   

1476  On this day in history death of jacob van Armagnac-Pardiac, French duke of Nemours, beheaded