Famous Personalities Born In May - 04

1006  On May - 04 birth of abd-Allah Ansari, Persian mystic/poet (Monadjat)   

1008  On May - 04 birth of khajeh Abdollah Ansari, The Persian Sufi (d. 1088)   

1008  On May - 04 birth of king Henry I of France (d. 1060)   

1611  Carlo Rainaldi, composer was born on this day in history.   

1631  On this day in history birth of mary I Henriette Stuart, daughter of Charles I/queen of England   

1635  On May - 04 birth of willem van Outhoorn, Dutch governor-general (Dutch East Indies)   

1654  On May - 04 birth of kangxi Emperor of China (d. 1722)   

1655  Bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori, Italy, piano builder was born on this day in history.   

1715  Richard Graves, English writer (d. 1804) was born on May - 04.   

1733  Jean-Charles de Borda, French mathematician, physicist, political scientist, and sailor (d. 1799) was born on May - 04.   

1738  Josef Kohaut, composer was born on this day in history.   

1744  Marianne von Martinez, composer was born on May - 04.   

1752  John Brooks, 11th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1825) was born on May - 04.   

1763  On May - 04 birth of franz Stanislaus Spindler, composer   

1767  Tyagaraja, Composer of Indian classical Carnatic music (d. 1847) was born on May - 04.   

1769  Charles Hague, composer was born on this day in history.   

1772  On this day in history birth of friedrich Arnold Brockhaus, German publisher (d. 1823)   

1776  Johann Friedrich Herbart, Germany, philosopher/psychologist was born on this day in history.   

1777  Charles-Louis-Joseph Hanssens, composer was born on May - 04.   

1781  On this day in history birth of karl Christian Friedrich Krause, German philosopher (d. 1832)   

1796  Horace Mann, US, educator/author/editor (pioneered public schools) was born on this day in history.   

1796  On May - 04 birth of joseph Pannell Taylor, Brig General (Union Army), died in 1864   

1796  William H. Prescott, American historian (d. 1859) was born on this day in history.   

1820  On this day in history birth of joseph Whitaker, England, publisher, founded Whitaker's Almanack   

1820  On this day in history birth of julia Gardiner Tyler, 2nd wife of Pres John Tyler (1841-45)   

1822  Charles Boucher de Boucherville, Quebec politician (d. 1915) was born on May - 04.   

1825  Thomas Henry Huxley, scientist/humanist/Darwinist was born on this day in history.   

1825  On May - 04 birth of augustus Le Plongeon, French antiquitarian (d. 1908)   

1826  Frederick Church, US romantic landscape painter (Hudson River Sch) was born on May - 04.   

1827  John Hanning Speke, British explorer (d. 1864) was born on this day in history.   

1835  On this day in history birth of edmund Hart Turpin, composer   

1852  Alice Pleasance Liddell, English schoolgirl model for Alice in Wonderland (d. 1934) was born on this day in history.   

1860  On this day in history birth of emil Nikolaus Von Reznicek, Vienna Austria, composer (Donna Diana)   

1867  On this day in history birth of dynam-Victor Fumet, composer   

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1436  Death of Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson, Swedish statesman (b. 1390s) on May - 04.   

1471  On this day in history death of edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales (killed in battle) (b. 1453)   

1506  Death of Husayn Bayqarah, ruler of Herat (b. 1438) on this day in history.   

1519  On this day in history death of lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (b. 1492)   

1566  Death of Luca Ghini, Italian physician and botanist (b. 1490) on May - 04.   

1594  Paul Buys, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1604  Claudio Merulo, composer, dies at 71 on May - 04.   

1605  Ulisse Aldrovandi, Italian biologist/medical, dies at 82 on May - 04.