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Jun 04 1394

Philippa of England Queen of Denmark Norway and Sweden born in Peterborough Castle Cambridgeshire (d. 1430)

Jun 04 1489

Antoine Duke of Lorraine born in Bar-le-Duc France (d. 1544)

Jun 04 1604

Claudia de Medici Grand Duchess of Tuscany born in Palazzo Pitti Florence Tuscany (d. 1648)

Jun 04 1665

Zacharie Robutel de La Noue Canadian soldier born in Montreal Canada (d. 1733)

Jun 04 1694

Francois Quesnay French personal physician of Louis XIV born in Mr Versailles France (d. 1774)

Jun 04 1697

Jacob Israel Emden [Jacob ben Tswi] German rabbi born in Altona Denmark (d. 1776)

Jun 04 1700

Theodoor Verhaegen Flemish sculptor born in Mechelen Belgium (d. 1759)

Jun 04 1704

Benjamin Huntsman English inventor and manufacturer born in Lincolnshire England (d. 1776)

Jun 04 1744

Patrick Ferguson Scottish army officer and rifle inventor (Ferguson flintlock rifle) born in Pitfours Scotland (d. 1780)

Jun 04 1751

John Scott 1st Earl of Eldon British barrister and politician born in Newcastle upon Tyne Northumberland (d. 1838)

Jun 04 1754

Franz Xaver Baron Von Zach Austrian astronomer born in Pest Hungary (d. 1832)

Jun 04 1770

James Hewitt American composer and conductor born in Dartmoor England (d. 1827)

Jun 04 1787

Constant Prvost French geologist born in Paris (d. 1856)

Jun 04 1801

James Pennethorne English architect and planner born in Worcester Pennethorne (d. 1871)

Jun 04 1803

Gabriel J. Rains American army officer Brigadier General (Confederate Army) born in New Bern North Carolina (d. 1881)

Jun 04 1815

Paul Jones Semmes American businessman and Brigadier General (Confederate Army) born in Wilkes County Georgia (d. 1863)

Jun 04 1816

Rgis de Trobriand French aristocrat lawyer and Bvt Mjr Gen (Union) born in Tours France (d. 1897)

Jun 04 1821

Apollon Maykov Russian poet born in Moscow Imperial Russia (d. 1897)

Jun 04 1828

Alexander William Campbell Brigadier General (Confederate Army) born in Nashville Tennessee (d. 1893)

Jun 04 1833

Garnet Wolseley 1st Viscount Wolseley British army general born in Dublin (d. 1913)

Jun 04 1838

Servaas Daems [Peeter Klein] Flemish writer (Lute & Flute)

Jun 04 1863

Edmond R H Regout Dutch industrialistpolitician

Jun 04 1865

Guido Gasperini Italian composer born in Florence (d. 1942)

Jun 04 1866

Miina Sillanp Finnish politician (d. 1952)

Jun 04 1867

Carl Gustaf baron Mannerheim generalpresident of Finland (1944-46)

Jun 04 1869

Boudouin LPMCAJL prince of Belgiumcount of Vlaanderen

Jun 04 1876

Robert Dower cricketer (1 Test South Africa v England 1898 scored 0 & 9)

Jun 04 1877

Heinrich Wieland German chemist (bile acids-Nobel 1927)

Jun 04 1878

Frank N D Buchman US theologist (Moral Rearmament)

Jun 04 1879

Mabel Lucie Attwell English childrens author and illustrator (d. 1964)

Jun 04 1881

Clara Blandick American actress (Huckleberry Finn Romance Tom Sawyer) born on board an American ship in Hong Kong (d. 1962)

Jun 04 1891

Erno Rapee American conductor and composer (Radio City Music Hall) born in Narva Estonia (d. 1945)

Jun 04 1893

Armand Clinescu Prime Minister of Romania born in Piteti Romania (d. 1939)

Jun 04 1070 Roquefort cheese created in a cave near Roquefort France

Jun 04 1133 Rome-Innocentius II crowns Lotharius III Roman-German emperor

Jun 04 1391 Mob led by Ferrand Martinez surounds and sets fire to Jewish quarter of Seville Spain surviving Jews sold into slavery

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