Famous Birthdays In May - 05

0867  Uda, Emperor of Japan (d. 931) was born on May - 05.   

1210  On this day in history birth of king Afonso III of Portugal (d. 1279)   

1352  Ruprecht, Roman catholic German king was born on this day in history.   

1479  On May - 05 birth of guru Amar Das, third Sikh Guru (d. 1574)   

1546  On this day in history birth of thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, English politician (d. 1623)   

1557  Emmanuel-Philibert van Lalaing, baron of Montigny/marquis of Renty was born on this day in history.   

1635  On May - 05 birth of philippe Quinault, French playwright (L'amant indiscret)   

1657  Jacques Danican Philidor, composer was born on May - 05.   

1680  On May - 05 birth of giuseppe Porsile, composer   

1715  Daniel Dal Barba, composer was born on May - 05.   

1747  Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1792) was born on this day in history.   

1749  On this day in history birth of jean-Frederic Edelmann, composer   

1764  Robert Craufurd, British general (d. 1812) was born on May - 05.   

1800  Louis Hachette, French publisher (Librairie Hachette) was born on May - 05.   

1804  Jacob Kats, Flemish writer (Earthly Paradise) was born on this day in history.   

1813  On May - 05 birth of søren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher (d. 1855)   

1815  Eugene-Marin Labiche, French playwright was born on this day in history.   

1817  George Washington Julian, MC (Union), died in 1899 was born on this day in history.   

1818  On this day in history birth of karl Marx, philosopher (Communist Manifesto, Das Kapital)   

1819  On this day in history birth of stanislaw Moniuszko, Polish composer   

1823  On May - 05 birth of james Allen Hardie, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1876   

1826  On this day in history birth of eugenie M de Montijo y de Guzman, Empress of France   

1830  John Batterson Stetson, American hat manufacturer (d. 1906) was born on May - 05.   

1832  H H Bancroft, historian, publisher (History of Pacific States) was born on May - 05.   

1833  Ferdinand von Richthofen, German geographer/explorer was born on May - 05.   

1834  On this day in history birth of viktor Hartmann, Russian architect and painter (d. 1873)   

1835  On this day in history birth of leopold II, Belgian crown prince, baptized   

1842  On May - 05 birth of johann Nepomuk Fuchs, composer   

1846  Federico Chueca, composer was born on May - 05.   

1846  On May - 05 birth of henryk Sienkiewicz, Poland, author (Quo Vadis, Nobel 1905)   

1848  Adalbert von Goldschmidt, composer was born on this day in history.   

1849  Hambletonian, Chester NY, greatest standardbred horse was born on May - 05.   

1854  On May - 05 birth of antonio Smareglia, composer   

1862  Max Elskamp, Belgian author/poet (Lesson Joies Blondes, Maya) was born on May - 05.   

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0200  On May - 05 death of sun Ce, warlord of the Han Dynasty (b. 175)   

0311  Gaius VM Galerius, emperor of Rome, dies at about 50 on May - 05.   

0984  Death of Gerberga of Saxony, Queen of Western Francia on this day in history.   

1028  On May - 05 alfonso V, King of Leon/Galicia (999-1028), dies in battle   

1194  On May - 05 kazimierz II, the Justified, grand duke of Poland (1177-94), dies   

1219  Death of King Leo II of Armenia (b. 1150) on this day in history.   

1309  Charles II, the Lame, King of Naples (1285-1309), dies on May - 05.   

1504  Anton of Burgundy, the Great Bastard, knight, dies at about 82 on May - 05.