Famous Birthdays In May - 02
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1360 On this day in history birth of yongle, Emperor of China (d. 1424)
1451 On this day in history birth of rené II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1508)
1458 On this day in history birth of leonor of Viseu, queen of Portugal (d. 1525)
1551 William Camden, English historian (Brittania, Annales) was born on this day in history.
1601 Athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit/inventor (magic lantern) was born on this day in history.
1660 On May - 02 birth of pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti, Palermo Italy, composer (Tigrane)
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 this day in history.
1729 On May - 02 birth of catherine II, the Great, empress of Russia (1762-96)
1729 On this day in history birth of florian Johann Deller, composer
1737 On May - 02 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 May - 02 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 Vicente Martin y Soler, composer was born on May - 02.
1768 Jean-Louis M Alibert, French dermatologist was born on this day in history.
1772 Novalis, writer was born on May - 02.
1773 On May - 02 birth of henrik Steffens, Norwegian philosopher (d. 1845)
1779 On May - 02 birth of john Galt, Scotland, novelist (Ayrshire Legatees, Lawrie Todd)
1810 Hans Christian Lumbye, composer was born on this day in history.
1810 On May - 02 birth of leo XIII, 257th Roman Catholic pope (1878-1903)
1817 Zikmund Michal Kolesovsky, composer was born on this day in history.
1821 Abram Sanders Piatt, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1908 was born on May - 02.
1828 On May - 02 birth of désiré Charnay, French archaeologist (d. 1915)
1837 On this day in history 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 On this day in history birth of zygmunt Noskowski, composer
1853 On May - 02 birth of marie Verstraete, actress (Louise-Frou Frou)
1855 On May - 02 birth of theodore Moses Tobani, composer
1857 Frederic Cliffe, composer was born on May - 02.
1859 On this day in history birth of eugene D'Harcourt, composer
1859 Jerome Klapka Jerome, English writer (d. 1927) was born on May - 02.
1860 D'Arcy Thompson, zoologist/classicist (On Growth & Form) was born on May - 02.