Famous Birthdays In May - 11

1568  Christian I, ruler of Anhalt-Bernburg (Battle of White Mountain) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1720  Karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Münchhausen, German adventurer (d. 1797) was born on this day in history.   

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

1731  Johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer was born on May - 11.   

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

1752  Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (d. 1840) was born on May - 11.   

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

1772  Henri-Jean Rigel, composer was born on this day in history.   

1791  On May - 11 birth of jan Vaclav Hugo Vorisek, composer   

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

1801  On May - 11 birth of henri Labrouste, French architect (d. 1875)   

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 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  Alfred Stevens, Belgian painter was born on May - 11.   

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

1827  On May - 11 birth of jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, French sculptor and painter (d. 1875)   

1830  John Converse Starkweather, Brig General (Union volunteers) was born on May - 11.   

1835  Kārlis Baumanis, Latvian composer (d. 1905) was born on this day in history.   

1838  Walter Goodman, British painter, illustrator and author (d. 1912) was born on May - 11.   

1840  On this day in history birth of filippo Capocci, composer   

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

1852  On May - 11 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  Ottmar Mergenthaler, Hachtel Germany, inventor (linotype) was born on this day in history.   

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

1858  On May - 11 birth of carl Hauptmann, writer   

1861  Frederick Russell Burnham, father of the international scouting movement (d. 1947) was born on May - 11.   

1869  Francisco Lacerda, composer was born on this day in history.   

1871  Frank Schlesinger, American astronomer (d. 1943) was born on this day in history.   

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1304  Death of Mahmud Ghazan, Mongol ruler (b. 1271) on this day in history.   

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

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

1672  Death of Charles Seton, 2nd Earl of Dunfermline, English royalist (b. 1615) on this day in history.   

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 May - 11.   

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

1772  Death of Joseph Kerckhoff, Limburg surgeon/robber captain, hanged on May - 11.