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    This Is HISTORY | Birthdays

    Aug 04 1222

    Richard de Clare 6th Earl of Hertford English soldier (d. 1262)

    Aug 04 1502

    Pieter Coecke van Aelst Flemish painter and carpet designer

    Aug 04 1604

    Franois Hdelin abb dAubignac French writer born in Paris (d. 1676)

    Aug 04 1664

    Louis Lully French musician and son of Jean-Baptiste Lully born in Paris France (d. 1734)

    Aug 04 1687

    Johan Willem Friso prince of Orangemonarch of Nassau-Dietz [OS]

    Aug 04 1701

    Thomas Blackwell Scottish classical scholar born in Aberdeen Scotland (d. 1757)

    Aug 04 1719

    Johann Gottlob Lehmann German minerologist and geologist born in Bad Gottleuba-Berggiehbel Germany (d. 1767)

    Aug 04 1721

    Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Marquess of Stafford English politician (d. 1803)

    Aug 04 1755

    Nicolas-Jacque Conte French painter and inventor (modern pencil) born in Aunou-sur-Orne France (d. 1805)

    Aug 04 1776

    Wenzel Sedlak Bohemian clarinetist and composer born in Jezboice Bohemia (d. 1851)

    Aug 04 1792

    Percy Bysshe Shelley English romantic poet (Adonais) born in Horsham Sussex England (d. 1822)

    Aug 04 1805

    William Rowan Hamilton Irish astronomer and mathematician born in Dublin Ireland (d. 1865)

    Aug 04 1815

    Carl Reinhold August Wunderlich Sulz am Neckar German Physician and advocate of scientific medicine

    Aug 04 1816

    Israel Vogdes American Brigadier General (Union Army) born in Chester County Pennsylvania (d. 1889)

    Aug 04 1818

    Lovell Harrison Rosseau American lawyer politician and Major General (Union Army) born in Stanford Kentucky (d. 1869)

    Aug 04 1821

    James Springer White American theologian (co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church) born in Palmyra Maine (d. 1881)

    Aug 04 1823

    Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton American politician (Governor of Indiana) born in Salisbury Indiana (d. 1877)

    Aug 04 1825

    Arthur Haygarth English cricket batsman (Middlesex & Surrey cricket historian) born in Hastings Sussex England (d. 1903)

    Aug 04 1834

    John Venn English mathematician (Venn Diagram) born in Kingston upon Hull Yorkshire England (d. 1923)

    Aug 04 1839

    Walter Pater writer (Plato & Platoism) born in London England

    Aug 04 1848

    Vladimir Sukhomlinov Russian general (d. 1926)

    Aug 04 1859

    Knut Hamsun Norwegian writer (Nobel Prize in Literature 1920) born in Lom Gudbrandsdalen Norway (d. 1952)

    Aug 04 1865

    Gus Kempis South African cricketer (South Africas 1st Test) born in Port Elizabeth South Africa (d. 1890)

    Aug 04 1867

    Jake Beckley American baseball player born in Hannibal Missouri (d. 1918)

    Aug 04 1870

    Harry Lauder Scottish comedian and singer (Roamin in the Gloamin) born in Portobello Edinburgh Scotland (d. 1950)

    Aug 04 1873

    Damaso Berenguer Spanish soldier and politician (122nd Prime Minister of Spain) born in San Juan de los Remedios Cuba (d. 1953)

    Aug 04 1877

    Dame Laura Knight English impressionist artist born in Long Eaton Derbyshire England (d. 1970)

    Aug 04 1884

    Henri Cornet French cyclist who won the second Tour de France born in Desvres France (d. 1941)

    Aug 04 1888

    Syedna Taher Saifuddin Bohra Spiritual Leader born in Surat India (d. 1965)

    Aug 04 1890

    Erich Weinert German communist writer born in Magdeburg (d. 1953)

    Aug 04 1890

    Dolf Luque Cuban baseball player born in Havana Cuba (d. 1957)

    Aug 04 1897

    Joseph Calleia Maltese-American actor (Jungle Book Gilda Touch of Evil) born in Mdina Malta (d. 1975)

    Aug 04 1899

    Ezra Taft Benson 13th President of Mormon Church and US Secretary of Agriculture born in Whitney Idaho (d. 1994)

    HISTORICAL EVENTS | ON THIS DAY

    Aug 04 1265 Battle of Evesham English prince Edward beats Simon de Montfort the younger

    Aug 04 1351 Sea battle at Zwartewaal Willem V beats Hoeksen and English

    Aug 04 1578 Battle of Alcazarquivir Moroccans defeat Portuguese 10000 killed

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