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    This Is HISTORY | Birthdays

    May 11 1568

    Christian I ruler of Anhalt-Bernburg (Battle of White Mountain)

    May 11 1720

    Karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Mnchhausen German adventurer (d. 1797)

    May 11 1722

    Peter Camper Leyden Holland anatomistprofessor (Amsterdam)

    May 11 1733

    Victoire of France daughter of king Louis XV (d. 1799)

    May 11 1752

    Johann Friedrich Blumenbach German anthropologist (d. 1840)

    May 11 1763

    Jnos Batsnyi Hungarian poet (d. 1845)

    May 11 1799

    John Lowell American philanthropist (d. 1836)

    May 11 1811

    Chang & Eng Bunker Chinese-Thai Siamese twins born in Samutsongkram Thailand (d. 1874)

    May 11 1811

    Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel member of the Swiss Federal Council (d. 1893)

    May 11 1817

    Fanny Cerrito Italian ballet dancer (d. 1909)

    May 11 1821

    [Carlos] Charles John Stolbrand Swedish-American Brigadier General (Union Army) born in Skne Sweden (d. 1894)

    May 11 1824

    Jean-Lon Grme French painter and sculptor (d. 1904) born in Rome Italy

    May 11 1827

    Septimus Winner American songwriter (Listen To The Mockingbird) born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania (d. 1902)

    May 11 1827

    Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux French sculptor and painter (d. 1875)

    May 11 1830

    John Converse Starkweather American Brigadier General (Union Army) born in Cooperstown New York (d. 1890)

    May 11 1835

    Krlis Baumanis Latvian composer (d. 1905)

    May 11 1838

    Walter Goodman British painter illustrator and author (d. 1912)

    May 11 1841

    Ernst von Possart German actor and theatre director (Bayerische Hoftheater) born in Berlin Germany (d. 1921)

    May 11 1852

    Charles Warren Fairbanks (R) 26th US VP (1905-09)

    May 11 1854

    John Blackham cricketer (Australias 1st wicketkeeper)

    May 11 1854

    Ottmar Mergenthaler Hachtel Germany inventor (linotype)

    May 11 1855

    Anatol Konstantinovich Lyadov Russian composer (Bewitched Lake)

    May 11 1861

    Frederick Russell Burnham father of the international scouting movement (d. 1947)

    May 11 1871

    Frank Schlesinger American astronomer (d. 1943)

    May 11 1878

    Jan Machiel Reyskens oldest male resident of the Netherlands (d. 1990 aged 111)

    May 11 1881

    Jan van Gilse composerresistance fighter (Frau Helga von Staveren)

    May 11 1881

    Al Cabrera Spanish-born Cuban baseball player (d. 1964)

    May 11 1881

    Theodore von Krmn Hungarian physicist (d. 1963)

    May 11 1885

    [Joe] King Oliver American jazz musician (Dippermouth Blues) born in Aben Louisiana (birth date disputed - could be Dec. 19) (d. 1938)

    May 11 1887

    Paul Wittgenstein left handed pianist born in Vienna Austria (d. 1961)

    May 11 1888

    P A J Losecaat Vermeer leader of Dutch High Council

    May 11 1888

    Willis A. Lee World War II U.S. naval admiral (d. 1945)

    May 11 1890

    Woodall Rodgers mayor of Dallas Texas (d. 1961)

    HISTORICAL EVENTS | ON THIS DAY

    May 11 1310 Fifty-four members of the Knights Templar are burned at the stake in France for being heretics

    May 11 1625 Peasants besiege Frankenburg estate in Upper Austria

    May 11 1678 French admiral Jean dEstrees fleet runs aground on Aves-islands Curacao

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