Famous Birthdays In May - 05

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

1210  King Afonso III of Portugal (d. 1279) was born on this day in history.   

1352  On this day in history birth of ruprecht, Roman catholic German king   

1479  On this day in history birth of guru Amar Das, third Sikh Guru (d. 1574)   

1546  Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, English politician (d. 1623) was born on May - 05.   

1557  On this day in history birth of emmanuel-Philibert van Lalaing, baron of Montigny/marquis of Renty   

1635  Philippe Quinault, French playwright (L'amant indiscret) was born on May - 05.   

1657  Jacques Danican Philidor, composer was born on this day in history.   

1680  On May - 05 birth of giuseppe Porsile, composer   

1715  Daniel Dal Barba, composer was born on this day in history.   

1747  On May - 05 birth of leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1792)   

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

1764  On May - 05 birth of robert Craufurd, British general (d. 1812)   

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  Søren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher (d. 1855) was born on May - 05.   

1815  On this day in history birth of eugene-Marin Labiche, French playwright   

1817  George Washington Julian, MC (Union), died in 1899 was born on May - 05.   

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

1819  On May - 05 birth of stanislaw Moniuszko, Polish composer   

1823  James Allen Hardie, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1876 was born on May - 05.   

1826  Eugenie M de Montijo y de Guzman, Empress of France was born on May - 05.   

1830  On May - 05 birth of john Batterson Stetson, American hat manufacturer (d. 1906)   

1832  On this day in history birth of h H Bancroft, historian, publisher (History of Pacific States)   

1833  On May - 05 birth of ferdinand von Richthofen, German geographer/explorer   

1834  Viktor Hartmann, Russian architect and painter (d. 1873) was born on this day in history.   

1835  Leopold II, Belgian crown prince, baptized was born on this day in history.   

1842  On this day in history birth of johann Nepomuk Fuchs, composer   

1846  Federico Chueca, composer was born on this day in history.   

1846  Henryk Sienkiewicz, Poland, author (Quo Vadis, Nobel 1905) was born on May - 05.   

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

1849  On this day in history birth of hambletonian, Chester NY, greatest standardbred horse   

1854  On May - 05 birth of antonio Smareglia, composer   

1862  On May - 05 birth of max Elskamp, Belgian author/poet (Lesson Joies Blondes, Maya)   

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

0311  On May - 05 gaius VM Galerius, emperor of Rome, dies at about 50   

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

1028  Alfonso V, King of Leon/Galicia (999-1028), dies in battle on this day in history.   

1194  Kazimierz II, the Justified, grand duke of Poland (1177-94), dies on May - 05.   

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 this day in history.   

1504  Anton of Burgundy, the Great Bastard, knight, dies at about 82 on this day in history.