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Nov 04 1448

Alphonso II King of Naples (1494-95) born in Naples (d. 1495)

Nov 04 1575

Guido Reni Italian Baroque painter born in Bologna Papal States (d. 1642)

Nov 04 1590

Gerard van Honthorst Dutch painter born in Utrecht Netherlands (d. 1656)

Nov 04 1631

Mary 1st British Princess Royal and the Princess of Orange born in St. Jamess Palace London (d. 1660)

Nov 04 1640

Carlo Mannelli Italian composer born in Rome (d. 1697)

Nov 04 1656

Leonard Sailer German composer and organist born in Ulm (d. after 1694)

Nov 04 1661

Charles III Philip Elector Palatine (1716-42) born in Neuburg an der Donau Germany (d. 1742)

Nov 04 1674

Anton Englert German composer and organist born in Schweinfurt (d. 1751)

Nov 04 1740

Augustus Montague Toplady English author of hymn Rock of Ages (d. 1778)

Nov 04 1756

Anthony van Hoboken Rotterdam merchantship owner

Nov 04 1779

John W Pieneman historical painter (Battle at Waterloo)

Nov 04 1787

Edmund Kean British Shakespearean actor (Edmund Keans Masonic Career) born in London England (d. 1833)

Nov 04 1790

Carlos A Lopez president of Paraguay (1844-62)

Nov 04 1797

Aleksander A Bestuzhev-Marlinsky Russian author

Nov 04 1809

Benjamin Robbins Curtis Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1874)

Nov 04 1812

Aleardo [Gaetano] Aleardi ItalianEast poet (Lettere a Maria)

Nov 04 1816

William Polk Hardeman Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1898)

Nov 04 1816

Stephen Johnson Field Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1899)

Nov 04 1818

Alexander Robert Lawton Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1896)

Nov 04 1820

Robert Vinkler Richardson American Brigadier-General (Confederate Army) born in Granville County North Carolina (d. 1870)

Nov 04 1823

Karel Komzk I Bohemian composer and musician born in Netchovice Czech Republic (d. 1893)

Nov 04 1835

Lunsford Lindsay Lomax Major General (Confederate Army) (d. 1913)

Nov 04 1836

Henry J. Lutcher American businessman and sawmill partner (d. 1912)

Nov 04 1841

Carl Tausig Polish pianist and composer born in Warsaw (d. 1871)

Nov 04 1842

William Barker Cushing Lt Cmdr (Union Navy) (d. 1874)

Nov 04 1845

Vasudeo Balwant Phadke The First Indian Revolutionary (d. 1883)

Nov 04 1846

Gaston Henri Charles Antoine Serpette composer

Nov 04 1862

Eden Phillpotts English novelistpoetplaywright (Red Madymaynes)

Nov 04 1867

Tomasz Arciszewski Polish Prime Minister 1944-47

Nov 04 1868

Carolina La Belle Otero Spanish actress singer and courtesan born in Valga Galicia Spain (d. 1965)

Nov 04 1873

Bobby Wallace Baseball Hall of Fame shortstop pitcher manager umpire and scout (St. Louis Browns) born in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania (d. 1960)

Nov 04 1874

Aleksandr Vasilevich Kolchak Russian military commander (d. 1920)

Nov 04 1881

Milton Rosmer Southport England director (Murder in the Red Barn)

Nov 04 1333 Flood of the Arno River causing massive damage in Florence as recorded by the Florentine chronicler Giovanni Villani.

Nov 04 1501 Philip de Blank & Juana la Loca depart to Spain

Nov 04 1520 Danish Norwegian king Christian II crowned King of Sweden

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