Famous Birthdays In May - 02
Tuesday, 29 October 2024
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 Leonor of Viseu, queen of Portugal (d. 1525) was born on May - 02.
1551 On May - 02 birth of william Camden, English historian (Brittania, Annales)
1601 Athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit/inventor (magic lantern) was born on May - 02.
1660 Pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti, Palermo Italy, composer (Tigrane) was born on this day in history.
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 May - 02.
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 this day in history birth of william Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1805)
1740 On this day in history birth of elias Boudinot, lawyer/patriot, found Amer Biblical Society
1750 John André, British Army officer of the American Revolutionary War (d. 1780) was born on this day in history.
1752 On May - 02 birth of ludwig August Lebrun, composer
1754 On May - 02 birth of vicente Martin y Soler, composer
1768 On this day in history birth of jean-Louis M Alibert, French dermatologist
1772 On May - 02 birth of novalis, writer
1773 Henrik Steffens, Norwegian philosopher (d. 1845) was born on May - 02.
1779 John Galt, Scotland, novelist (Ayrshire Legatees, Lawrie Todd) was born on May - 02.
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 May - 02 birth of zikmund Michal Kolesovsky, composer
1821 On May - 02 birth of abram Sanders Piatt, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1908
1828 Désiré Charnay, French archaeologist (d. 1915) was born on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
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 Theodore Moses Tobani, composer was born on May - 02.
1857 Frederic Cliffe, composer was born on this day in history.
1859 Eugene D'Harcourt, composer was born on this day in history.
1859 Jerome Klapka Jerome, English writer (d. 1927) was born on May - 02.
1860 On May - 02 birth of d'Arcy Thompson, zoologist/classicist (On Growth & Form)