Famous Personalities Born In May - 11

1568  On May - 11 birth of christian I, ruler of Anhalt-Bernburg (Battle of White Mountain)   

1571  Niwa Nagashige, Japanese warlord (d. 1637) was born on May - 11.   

1654  Cornelis van Alkemade, Dutch historian was born on May - 11.   

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

1722  Peter Camper, Leyden Holland, anatomist/professor (Amsterdam) was born on May - 11.   

1731  Johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer was born on this day in history.   

1733  On this day in history birth of victoire of France, daughter of king Louis XV (d. 1799)   

1752  Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (d. 1840) was born on this day in history.   

1763  On this day in history birth of jános Batsányi, Hungarian poet (d. 1845)   

1772  On this day in history birth of henri-Jean Rigel, composer   

1791  Jan Vaclav Hugo Vorisek, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1801  Henri Labrouste, French architect (d. 1875) was born on May - 11.   

1807  Ira Aldridge, Great 19th century black Shakespearian actor (Othello) was born on May - 11.   

1811  Chang & Eng Bunker, Chinese Siamese twins was born on this day in history.   

1811  Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel, member of the Swiss Federal Council (d. 1893) was born on May - 11.   

1817  On this day in history birth of fanny Cerrito, Italian ballet dancer (d. 1909)   

1821  [Carlos] Charles John Stolbrand, Brig General (Union volunteers) was born on May - 11.   

1823  Alfred Stevens, Belgian painter was born on this day in history.   

1824  On May - 11 birth of jean-Léon Gérôme, French painter and sculptor (d. 1904)   

1827  Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, French sculptor and painter (d. 1875) was born on May - 11.   

1830  On this day in history birth of john Converse Starkweather, Brig General (Union volunteers)   

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  Ernst von Possart, German actor/stage manager/reciter was born on this day in history.   

1852  Charles Warren Fairbanks, (R) 26th US VP (1905-09) was born on May - 11.   

1854  On this day in history birth of john Blackham, cricketer (Australia's 1st wicketkeeper)   

1854  On May - 11 birth of ottmar Mergenthaler, Hachtel Germany, inventor (linotype)   

1855  Anatol Konstantinovich Lyadov, Russian composer (Bewitched Lake) was born on May - 11.   

1858  Carl Hauptmann, writer was born on May - 11.   

1861  On this day in history birth of frederick Russell Burnham, father of the international scouting movement (d. 1947)   

1869  Francisco Lacerda, composer was born on May - 11.   

1871  On this day in history birth of frank Schlesinger, American astronomer (d. 1943)   

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1304  On May - 11 death of mahmud Ghazan, Mongol ruler (b. 1271)   

1610  On this day in history matteo Ricci, Italian missionary (China), dies   

1631  Christoph Buel, composer, dies at 57 on May - 11.   

1672  On May - 11 death of charles Seton, 2nd Earl of Dunfermline, English royalist (b. 1615)   

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  On May - 11 francesco Stradivari, Ital violin maker/son of Antonius, dies at 70   

1772  On May - 11 death of joseph Kerckhoff, Limburg surgeon/robber captain, hanged