Famous Birthdays In August - 04

1222  Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, English soldier (d. 1262) was born on August - 04.   

1290  Duke Leopold I of Austria (d. 1326) was born on this day in history.   

1502  On this day in history birth of pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter/carpet designer   

1521  On this day in history birth of pope Urban VII (d. 1590)   

1604  On August - 04 birth of françois Hédelin, abbé d'Aubignac, French writer (d. 1676)   

1664  Louis Lully, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1705  On this day in history birth of vaclav Matyas Gurecky, composer   

1719  Johann Gottlob Lehmann, German minerologist and geologist (d. 1767) was born on August - 04.   

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

1731  Giuseppe Colla, composer was born on this day in history.   

1748  On this day in history birth of maximilian Stadler, composer   

1755  Nicolas-Jacque Conte, inventor (modern pencil) was born on August - 04.   

1776  Wenzel Sedlak, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1805  William Rowan Hamilton, Irish mathematician (d. 1865) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1821  On August - 04 birth of james White, American theologian (d. 1881)   

1823  Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton, (Gov-Ind), died in 1877 was born on this day in history.   

1825  Arthur Haygarth, cricketer (Middlesex & Surrey bat, famous biographer) was born on this day in history.   

1834  On August - 04 birth of john Venn, English mathematician (d. 1923)   

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

1843  Flor van Duyse, composer was born on August - 04.   

1846  Silas Gamaliel Pratt, composer was born on this day in history.   

1848  Vladimir Sukhomlinov, Russian general (d. 1926) was born on this day in history.   

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

1865  Gus Kempis, South African cricketer (d. 1890) was born on August - 04.   

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

1870  On August - 04 birth of harry Lauder, Scotland, comedian/singer (Roamin' in the Gloamin)   

1873  On August - 04 birth of damasco Berenguer y Fuste, Spanish general/minister of War   

1884  On August - 04 birth of henri Cornet, French cyclist (d. 1941)   

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

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

1204  Death of Boniface of Montferrat, margrave of Montferrat, murdered on this day in history.   

1265  On August - 04 simon de Montfort, English earl of Leicester, dies in battle   

1306  On this day in history death of wenceslaus III of Bohemia (b. 1289)   

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

1430  On August - 04 philip of Saint-Pol, duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies at 26   

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