Famous Personalities Born In August - 04

1222  On this day in history birth of richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, English soldier (d. 1262)   

1290  On this day in history birth of duke Leopold I of Austria (d. 1326)   

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  Johan Willem Friso, prince of Orange/monarch of Nassau-Dietz [OS] was born on this day in history.   

1701  Thomas Blackwell, Scottish classical scholar (d. 1757) was born on this day in history.   

1705  Vaclav Matyas Gurecky, composer was born on August - 04.   

1719  On August - 04 birth of johann Gottlob Lehmann, German minerologist and geologist (d. 1767)   

1721  Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, English politician (d. 1803) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1755  On this day in history birth of nicolas-Jacque Conte, inventor (modern pencil)   

1776  On August - 04 birth of wenzel Sedlak, composer   

1792  On this day in history birth of percy Bysshe Shelley, England, romantic poet (Adonais)   

1799  Olof Wilhelm Udden, composer was born on this day in history.   

1805  On this day in history birth of william Rowan Hamilton, Irish mathematician (d. 1865)   

1816  On this day in history birth of israel Vogdes, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1889   

1818  Lovell Harrison Rosseau, Major General (Union volunteers) was born on August - 04.   

1821  James White, American theologian (d. 1881) was born on this day in history.   

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  On August - 04 birth of john Venn, English mathematician (d. 1923)   

1839  On August - 04 birth of walter Pater, London England, writer (Plato & Platoism)   

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

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

1848  On this day in history birth of vladimir Sukhomlinov, Russian general (d. 1926)   

1859  Knut Hamsun, Norway, writer/Nazi (Hunger-Nobel 1920) was born on August - 04.   

1865  On August - 04 birth of gus Kempis, South African cricketer (d. 1890)   

1867  Jake Beckley, American baseball player (d. 1918) was born on August - 04.   

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 August - 04 birth of henri Cornet, French cyclist (d. 1941)   

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1060  On August - 04 henry I, King of France (1027..60), dies at 52   

1113  Death of Gertrude of Saxony (b. 1030) on this day in history.   

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

1265  On August - 04 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  Death of Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, son of Edward I of England (b. 1300) on August - 04.   

1430  Philip of Saint-Pol, duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies at 26 on this day in history.   

1476  Death of Jacob van Armagnac-Pardiac, French duke of Nemours, beheaded on August - 04.