Famous Birthdays In May - 05
Friday, 26 July 2024
0867 Uda, Emperor of Japan (d. 931) was born on this day in history.
1210 On this day in history birth of king Afonso III of Portugal (d. 1279)
1352 On this day in history birth of ruprecht, Roman catholic German king
1479 Guru Amar Das, third Sikh Guru (d. 1574) was born on this day in history.
1546 Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, English politician (d. 1623) was born on this day in history.
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 this day in history birth of jacques Danican Philidor, composer
1680 Giuseppe Porsile, composer was born on May - 05.
1715 On May - 05 birth of daniel Dal Barba, composer
1747 On May - 05 birth of leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1792)
1749 Jean-Frederic Edelmann, composer was born on May - 05.
1764 On this day in history birth of robert Craufurd, British general (d. 1812)
1800 On this day in history birth of louis Hachette, French publisher (Librairie Hachette)
1804 On May - 05 birth of jacob Kats, Flemish writer (Earthly Paradise)
1813 On this day in history birth of søren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher (d. 1855)
1815 Eugene-Marin Labiche, French playwright was born on May - 05.
1817 On this day in history birth of george Washington Julian, MC (Union), died in 1899
1818 On this day in history birth of karl Marx, philosopher (Communist Manifesto, Das Kapital)
1819 Stanislaw Moniuszko, Polish composer was born on this day in history.
1823 On this day in history birth of james Allen Hardie, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1876
1826 Eugenie M de Montijo y de Guzman, Empress of France was born on May - 05.
1830 John Batterson Stetson, American hat manufacturer (d. 1906) was born on this day in history.
1832 H H Bancroft, historian, publisher (History of Pacific States) was born on this day in history.
1833 On May - 05 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 May - 05.
1842 On May - 05 birth of johann Nepomuk Fuchs, composer
1846 On May - 05 birth of federico Chueca, composer
1846 Henryk Sienkiewicz, Poland, author (Quo Vadis, Nobel 1905) was born on this day in history.
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 Antonio Smareglia, composer was born on May - 05.
1862 Max Elskamp, Belgian author/poet (Lesson Joies Blondes, Maya) was born on May - 05.