Famous Personalities Born In May - 11

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

1571  On May - 11 birth of niwa Nagashige, Japanese warlord (d. 1637)   

1654  Cornelis van Alkemade, Dutch historian was born on this day in history.   

1720  Karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Münchhausen, German adventurer (d. 1797) was born on May - 11.   

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  Victoire of France, daughter of king Louis XV (d. 1799) was born on May - 11.   

1752  On May - 11 birth of johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (d. 1840)   

1763  János Batsányi, Hungarian poet (d. 1845) was born on this day in history.   

1772  Henri-Jean Rigel, composer was born on May - 11.   

1791  Jan Vaclav Hugo Vorisek, composer was born on May - 11.   

1799  John Lowell, American philanthropist (d. 1836) was born on this day in history.   

1801  Henri Labrouste, French architect (d. 1875) was born on this day in history.   

1807  On May - 11 birth of ira Aldridge, Great 19th century black Shakespearian actor (Othello)   

1811  On this day in history birth of chang & Eng Bunker, Chinese Siamese twins   

1811  On May - 11 birth of jean-Jacques Challet-Venel, member of the Swiss Federal Council (d. 1893)   

1817  Fanny Cerrito, Italian ballet dancer (d. 1909) was born on May - 11.   

1821  [Carlos] Charles John Stolbrand, Brig General (Union volunteers) was born on this day in history.   

1823  On this day in history birth of alfred Stevens, Belgian painter   

1824  Jean-Léon Gérôme, French painter and sculptor (d. 1904) was born on May - 11.   

1827  Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, French sculptor and painter (d. 1875) was born on this day in history.   

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

1835  On this day in history birth of kārlis Baumanis, Latvian composer (d. 1905)   

1838  Walter Goodman, British painter, illustrator and author (d. 1912) was born on this day in history.   

1840  On May - 11 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 this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of anatol Konstantinovich Lyadov, Russian composer (Bewitched Lake)   

1858  On this day in history birth of carl Hauptmann, writer   

1861  On May - 11 birth of frederick Russell Burnham, father of the international scouting movement (d. 1947)   

1869  Francisco Lacerda, composer was born on this day in history.   

1871  Frank Schlesinger, American astronomer (d. 1943) was born on May - 11.   

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1304  Death of Mahmud Ghazan, Mongol ruler (b. 1271) on this day in history.   

1610  Matteo Ricci, Italian missionary (China), dies on May - 11.   

1631  On this day in history christoph Buel, composer, dies at 57   

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

1708  On this day in history death of jules Hardouin Mansart, French architect (b. 1646)   

1723  On this day in history death of jean Galbert de Campistron, French dramatist (b. 1656)   

1742  Francesco Stradivari, Ital violin maker/son of Antonius, dies at 70 on May - 11.   

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