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 August - 04 birth of duke Leopold I of Austria (d. 1326)   

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 August - 04.   

1687  On this day in history 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 August - 04.   

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

1721  On this day in history birth of granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, English politician (d. 1803)   

1731  Giuseppe Colla, composer was born on August - 04.   

1748  On August - 04 birth of maximilian Stadler, composer   

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

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 this day in history birth of olof Wilhelm Udden, composer   

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  On August - 04 birth of lovell Harrison Rosseau, Major General (Union volunteers)   

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

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

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  On August - 04 birth of silas Gamaliel Pratt, composer   

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  Harry Lauder, Scotland, comedian/singer (Roamin' in the Gloamin) was born on August - 04.   

1873  On this day in history birth of damasco Berenguer y Fuste, Spanish general/minister of War   

1884  Henri Cornet, French cyclist (d. 1941) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1265  Simon de Montfort, English earl of Leicester, dies in battle on August - 04.   

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