Famous Birthdays In May - 03

1415  Cecily Neville, mother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (d. 1495) was born on May - 03.   

1428  On this day in history birth of pedro González de Mendoza, Spanish cardinal and statesman (d. 1495)   

1446  On May - 03 birth of margaretha, English princess/duchess of Bourgondie   

1446  On this day in history birth of margaret of York, wife of Charles I, Duke of Burgundy (d. 1503)   

1469  On May - 03 birth of niccolo Machiavelli, Italy, politician/writer (Prince)   

1514  Bartholomaeus a Martyribus, [Fernandez], primate of Portugal was born on May - 03.   

1535  Alessandro "Agnolo" Allori, Italian painter/carpet designer was born on May - 03.   

1647  On May - 03 birth of john A "Joannes" Antonides van der Goes, poet (Bellone aen bant)   

1649  On this day in history birth of johann Valentin Meder, composer   

1662  Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, German architect (d. 1736) was born on this day in history.   

1692  On May - 03 birth of jan J Mauricius, Dutch governor-general of Suriname (1742-51)   

1695  Henri Pitot, Italian-born French engineer (d. 1771) was born on this day in history.   

1708  On this day in history birth of johann Adolph Scheibe, German music theroist/composer   

1713  Alexis Clairault, French mathematician (d. 1765) was born on this day in history.   

1729  Florian Leopold Gassmann, composer was born on May - 03.   

1737  On this day in history birth of friedrich Schwindl, composer   

1742  On May - 03 birth of jean-Baptiste Krumphultz, composer   

1744  Freidrich Wilhelm Weis, composer was born on May - 03.   

1752  Braz Francisco de Lima, composer was born on this day in history.   

1761  On this day in history birth of august von Kotzebue, German dramatist (d. 1819)   

1764  On May - 03 birth of elisabeth PMH, princess of France/son of king Louis XVI   

1768  On May - 03 birth of charles Tennant, Scottish chemist and industrialist (d. 1838)   

1773  On May - 03 birth of giuseppe Acerbi, Italian traveller/nature investigator/diplomat   

1815  Hermanus W Witteveen, Dutch theologist was born on May - 03.   

1816  On this day in history birth of montgomery Cunningham Meigs, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union Army), died in 1892   

1819  Nicola De Giosa, composer was born on May - 03.   

1826  Charles XV Louis E, King of Sweden/Norway (1859-72)/poet was born on this day in history.   

1844  Edouard A Drumont, French anti-semitic journalist was born on May - 03.   

1844  Richard D'Oyly Carte, England, opera impresario (Ivanhoe) was born on this day in history.   

1849  On May - 03 birth of jacob Riis, Denmark, reporter (NY Tribune, NY Evening Sun)   

1849  On this day in history birth of bernhard von Bülow, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1929)   

1857  On this day in history birth of george Gore, American baseball player (d. 1933)   

1859  Andy Adams, US writer (Log of a Cowboy) was born on May - 03.   

1860  John Scott Haldane, Scottish physiologist (d. 1936) was born on this day in history.   

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1010  Ansfried, 9th bishop of Utrecht (995-1010)/saint, dies at about 69 on May - 03.   

1152  Death of Matilda of Boulogne, Queen of England (b. 1105) on this day in history.   

1160  On May - 03 death of peter Lombard, Italian scholar and bishop (b. c.1100)   

1270  On May - 03 death of king Béla IV of Hungary (b. 1206)   

1294  Jan I, duke of Brabant/Limburg/poet, dies on May - 03.   

1410  On this day in history alexander V, [Petros Philargi], Kreta's Pope (1409-10), dies   

1442  On May - 03 engelbert I, Earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, dies   

1481  Death of Mehmed II, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1432) on this day in history.