Famous Personalities Born In May - 02

1360  On May - 02 birth of yongle, Emperor of China (d. 1424)   

1451  René II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1508) was born on May - 02.   

1458  On May - 02 birth of leonor of Viseu, queen of Portugal (d. 1525)   

1551  William Camden, English historian (Brittania, Annales) was born on May - 02.   

1601  On this day in history birth of athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit/inventor (magic lantern)   

1660  Pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti, Palermo Italy, composer (Tigrane) was born on May - 02.   

1695  Giovanni Niccolo Servandoni, Italian-born architect (d. 1766) was born on May - 02.   

1702  Friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (d. 1782) was born on May - 02.   

1729  Catherine II, the Great, empress of Russia (1762-96) was born on this day in history.   

1729  Florian Johann Deller, composer was born on May - 02.   

1737  On this day in history birth of william Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1805)   

1740  Elias Boudinot, lawyer/patriot, found Amer Biblical Society was born on May - 02.   

1750  On this day in history birth of john André, British Army officer of the American Revolutionary War (d. 1780)   

1752  On this day in history birth of ludwig August Lebrun, composer   

1754  On this day in history birth of vicente Martin y Soler, composer   

1768  On May - 02 birth of jean-Louis M Alibert, French dermatologist   

1772  On this day in history birth of novalis, writer   

1773  Henrik Steffens, Norwegian philosopher (d. 1845) was born on May - 02.   

1779  On May - 02 birth of john Galt, Scotland, novelist (Ayrshire Legatees, Lawrie Todd)   

1810  On this day in history birth of hans Christian Lumbye, composer   

1810  Leo XIII, 257th Roman Catholic pope (1878-1903) was born on this day in history.   

1817  Zikmund Michal Kolesovsky, composer was born on this day in history.   

1821  On this day in history birth of abram Sanders Piatt, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1908   

1828  On this day in history birth of désiré Charnay, French archaeologist (d. 1915)   

1837  On May - 02 birth of henry Martyn Robert, parliamentarian (Robert's Rules of Order)   

1843  Carl Michael Ziehrer, composer was born on May - 02.   

1844  Elijah McCoy, black inventor, held over 50 patents was born on May - 02.   

1846  Zygmunt Noskowski, composer was born on May - 02.   

1853  On this day in history birth of marie Verstraete, actress (Louise-Frou Frou)   

1855  On this day in history birth of theodore Moses Tobani, composer   

1857  On May - 02 birth of frederic Cliffe, composer   

1859  On this day in history birth of eugene D'Harcourt, composer   

1859  On May - 02 birth of jerome Klapka Jerome, English writer (d. 1927)   

1860  On this day in history birth of d'Arcy Thompson, zoologist/classicist (On Growth & Form)   

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0373  On this day in history death of athanasius, Patriarch of Alexandria (b. 298)   

0649  Maruta of Tagrit, theology/1st mafriaan Jakobitische church, dies on this day in history.   

0756  Death of Emperor Shōmu, Emperor of Japan (b. 701) on this day in history.   

0907  On this day in history death of boris I of Bulgaria   

1230  On this day in history death of william de Braose, Lord of Abergavenny (b. 1197)   

1250  On May - 02 death of toeransa, sultan of Egypt, murdered   

1300  On this day in history death of blanche of Artois, regent of Navarre (b. 1248)   

1450  Death of William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English military leader (b. 1396) on May - 02.