Famous Birthdays In May - 02
Friday, 26 July 2024
1360 On May - 02 birth of yongle, Emperor of China (d. 1424)
1451 On this day in history birth of rené II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1508)
1458 Leonor of Viseu, queen of Portugal (d. 1525) was born on this day in history.
1551 William Camden, English historian (Brittania, Annales) was born on May - 02.
1601 On May - 02 birth of athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit/inventor (magic lantern)
1660 On this day in history birth of pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti, Palermo Italy, composer (Tigrane)
1695 On this day in history birth of giovanni Niccolo Servandoni, Italian-born architect (d. 1766)
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 Florian Johann Deller, composer was born on this day in history.
1737 William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1805) was born on this day in history.
1740 Elias Boudinot, lawyer/patriot, found Amer Biblical Society was born on this day in history.
1750 John André, British Army officer of the American Revolutionary War (d. 1780) was born on this day in history.
1752 Ludwig August Lebrun, composer was born on May - 02.
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 May - 02 birth of novalis, writer
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 On May - 02 birth of hans Christian Lumbye, composer
1810 On this day in history birth of leo XIII, 257th Roman Catholic pope (1878-1903)
1817 On this day in history birth of zikmund Michal Kolesovsky, composer
1821 On May - 02 birth of abram Sanders Piatt, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1908
1828 On May - 02 birth of désiré Charnay, French archaeologist (d. 1915)
1837 Henry Martyn Robert, parliamentarian (Robert's Rules of Order) was born on this day in history.
1843 On May - 02 birth of carl Michael Ziehrer, composer
1844 On May - 02 birth of elijah McCoy, black inventor, held over 50 patents
1846 On this day in history birth of zygmunt Noskowski, composer
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 this day in history birth of frederic Cliffe, composer
1859 On this day in history birth of eugene D'Harcourt, composer
1859 Jerome Klapka Jerome, English writer (d. 1927) was born on this day in history.
1860 D'Arcy Thompson, zoologist/classicist (On Growth & Form) was born on this day in history.