2008 – Iraq War: The United States Armed Forces transfers control of Anbar Province to the Iraqi Armed Forces. Births Pre-1600 948 – Jing Zong, emperor of the Liao Dynasty (d. 982) 1145 – Ibn Jubayr, Arab geographer and poet (d. 1217) 1288 – Elizabeth Richeza of Poland (d. 1335) 1341 – Frederick III the Simple, King of Sicily (d. 1377) 1453 – Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, Spanish general (d. 1515) 1477 – Bartolomeo Fanfulla, Italian mercenary (d. 1525) 1561 – Gervase Helwys, English murderer (d. 1615) 1566 – Edward Alleyn, English actor and major figure of the Elizabethan theatre; founder of Dulwich College and Alleyn's School (d. 1626) 1577 – Scipione Borghese, Italian cardinal and art collector (d. 1633) 1579 – John Frederick of Holstein-Gottorp, Prince-Bishop, Roman Catholic archbishop (d. 1634) 1588 – Henri, Prince of Condé (d. 1646) 1592 – Maria Angela Astorch, Spanish mystic and saint (d. 1665) 1601–1900 1606 – Nicholas Slanning, English politician (d. 1643) 1608 – Giacomo Torelli, Italian stage designer, engineer, and architect (d. 1678) 1647 – Princess Anna Sophie of Denmark, daughter of King Frederick III of Denmark (d. 1717) 1653 – Johann Pachelbel, German organist, composer, and educator (d. 1706) 1689 – Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer, Bohemian architect, designed Ss. Cyril and Methodius Cathedral (d. 1751) 1711 – William IV, Prince of Orange (d. 1751) 1726 – Johann Becker, German organist, composer, and educator (d. 1803) 1795 – James Gordon Bennett Sr., American publisher, founded the New York Herald (d. 1872) 1799 – Ferenc Gyulay, Hungarian-Austrian commander and politician (d. 1868) 1811 – James Montgomrey, Leader and important benefactor of his home town of Brentford, England (d. 1883) 1818 – José María Castro Madriz, Costa Rican lawyer and politician, 1st President of Costa Rica (d. 1892) 1848 – Auguste Forel, Swiss myrmecologist, neuroanatomist, and psychiatrist (d. 1931) 1850 – Jim O'Rourke, American baseball player and manager (d. 1919) 1851 – John Clum, American journalist and agent (d. 1932) 1853 – Aleksei Brusilov, Russian general (d. 1926) 1854 – Engelbert Humperdinck, German playwright and composer (d. 1921) 1855 – Innokenty Annensky, Russian poet and critic (d. 1909) 1856 – Sergei Winogradsky, Ukrainian-Russian microbiologist and ecologist (d. 1953) 1864 – Akashi Motojiro, Japanese general (d. 1919) 1866 – James J. Corbett, American boxer (d. 1933) 1867 – John Gretton, 1st Baron Gretton, English sailor and politician (d. 1947) 1868 – Henri Bourassa, Canadian publisher