Famous Personalities Born In May - 11

1568  On this day in history birth of christian I, ruler of Anhalt-Bernburg (Battle of White Mountain)   

1571  Niwa Nagashige, Japanese warlord (d. 1637) was born on this day in history.   

1654  On May - 11 birth of cornelis van Alkemade, Dutch historian   

1720  On this day in history birth of karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Münchhausen, German adventurer (d. 1797)   

1722  On this day in history birth of peter Camper, Leyden Holland, anatomist/professor (Amsterdam)   

1731  On this day in history birth of johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer   

1733  Victoire of France, daughter of king Louis XV (d. 1799) was born on this day in history.   

1752  Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (d. 1840) was born on May - 11.   

1763  On May - 11 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  John Lowell, American philanthropist (d. 1836) was born on this day in history.   

1801  On May - 11 birth of henri Labrouste, French architect (d. 1875)   

1807  On this day in history birth of ira Aldridge, Great 19th century black Shakespearian actor (Othello)   

1811  On May - 11 birth of chang & Eng Bunker, Chinese Siamese twins   

1811  Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel, member of the Swiss Federal Council (d. 1893) was born on this day in history.   

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

1821  On this day in history birth of [Carlos] Charles John Stolbrand, Brig General (Union volunteers)   

1823  On May - 11 birth of alfred Stevens, Belgian painter   

1824  On this day in history birth of jean-Léon Gérôme, French painter and sculptor (d. 1904)   

1827  On this day in history birth of jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, French sculptor and painter (d. 1875)   

1830  On May - 11 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 this day in history.   

1840  Filippo Capocci, composer was born on this day in history.   

1841  Ernst von Possart, German actor/stage manager/reciter was born on May - 11.   

1852  On May - 11 birth of charles Warren Fairbanks, (R) 26th US VP (1905-09)   

1854  John Blackham, cricketer (Australia's 1st wicketkeeper) was born on this day in history.   

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  On May - 11 birth of carl Hauptmann, writer   

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

1869  On May - 11 birth of francisco Lacerda, composer   

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 May - 11 matteo Ricci, Italian missionary (China), dies   

1631  Christoph Buel, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

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

1708  Death of Jules Hardouin Mansart, French architect (b. 1646) on this day in history.   

1723  On May - 11 death of jean Galbert de Campistron, French dramatist (b. 1656)   

1742  On this day in history francesco Stradivari, Ital violin maker/son of Antonius, dies at 70   

1772  Death of Joseph Kerckhoff, Limburg surgeon/robber captain, hanged on May - 11.