Famous Personalities Born In May - 05
Wednesday, 12 February 2025
0867 Uda, Emperor of Japan (d. 931) was born on this day in history.
1210 King Afonso III of Portugal (d. 1279) was born on May - 05.
1352 On May - 05 birth of ruprecht, Roman catholic German king
1479 Guru Amar Das, third Sikh Guru (d. 1574) was born on May - 05.
1546 On May - 05 birth of thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, English politician (d. 1623)
1557 On this day in history birth of emmanuel-Philibert van Lalaing, baron of Montigny/marquis of Renty
1635 On this day in history birth of philippe Quinault, French playwright (L'amant indiscret)
1657 On May - 05 birth of jacques Danican Philidor, composer
1680 Giuseppe Porsile, composer was born on this day in history.
1715 On May - 05 birth of daniel Dal Barba, composer
1747 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
1804 On May - 05 birth of jacob Kats, Flemish writer (Earthly Paradise)
1813 Søren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher (d. 1855) was born on this day in history.
1815 On this day in history birth of eugene-Marin Labiche, French playwright
1817 On May - 05 birth of george Washington Julian, MC (Union), died in 1899
1818 Karl Marx, philosopher (Communist Manifesto, Das Kapital) was born on May - 05.
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 this day in history.
1826 On May - 05 birth of eugenie M de Montijo y de Guzman, Empress of France
1830 John Batterson Stetson, American hat manufacturer (d. 1906) was born on this day in history.
1832 On May - 05 birth of h H Bancroft, historian, publisher (History of Pacific States)
1833 On this day in history birth of ferdinand von Richthofen, German geographer/explorer
1834 On May - 05 birth of viktor Hartmann, Russian architect and painter (d. 1873)
1835 Leopold II, Belgian crown prince, baptized was born on this day in history.
1842 Johann Nepomuk Fuchs, composer was born on this day in history.
1846 Federico Chueca, composer was born on May - 05.
1846 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
1854 On May - 05 birth of antonio Smareglia, composer
1862 On May - 05 birth of max Elskamp, Belgian author/poet (Lesson Joies Blondes, Maya)