Famous Birthdays In May - 09
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1147 Minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shogun (d. 1199) was born on this day in history.
1265 Dante Alighieri, Italian poet (Divina Commedia) was born on this day in history.
1596 Abraham van Diepenbeeck, painter was born on this day in history.
1738 John Pindar, [Peter], physician/poet was born on this day in history.
1740 On May - 09 birth of giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer (Barber of Seville)
1783 Alexander Ross, Canada, pioneer/fur trader was born on May - 09.
1785 On May - 09 birth of james Pollard Espy, Penns, meteorologist (Philosphy of Storms)
1793 On May - 09 birth of johannes C de Jonge, Dutch historian/archivist
1796 August Pauly, German classicus (Real Encyclopedia) was born on this day in history.
1800 John Brown, abolitionist; led attack on Harpers Ferry was born on this day in history.
1801 Samuel Cousins, mezzotint engraver was born on May - 09.
1810 Louis Gallait, historical painter was born on May - 09.
1810 WFLC Marianne, princess of Orange-Nassau/daughter of king Willem I was born on May - 09.
1814 On May - 09 birth of adolph von Henselt, composer
1824 On May - 09 birth of william Edmonson "Grumble" Jones, Brig General (Confederate Army)
1829 Ciro Pinsuti, pianist/composer was born on this day in history.
1833 On this day in history birth of boleslaw Dembinski, composer
1837 On this day in history birth of adam Opel, German manufacturer (cycling, motorcars)
1843 On this day in history birth of belle Boyd, spy (Confederate)/actress/lecturer
1844 On this day in history birth of [Maria] Catharina Beersmans, Belgian actress (Bad Herders)
1846 Nikolay Feopemptovich Solov'yov, composer was born on May - 09.
1855 On May - 09 birth of julius Rontgen, composer
1860 On this day in history birth of james Matthew Barrie, Scotland, novelist (Margaret Ogilvy, Peter Pan)
1860 On this day in history birth of j. M. Barrie, Scottish author (d. 1937)
1865 On this day in history birth of august de Boeck, composer
1866 On this day in history birth of gopal Krishna Gokhale, Leader of Indian Independence Movement (d. 1915)
1873 Howard Carter, British archaeologist (found King Tutankhamen's tomb) was born on this day in history.
1873 Lilian Mary Baylis, manager (Old Vic & Sadler's Wells Theater) was born on this day in history.
1873 Anton Cermak, Mayor of Chicago (d. 1933) was born on this day in history.
1882 On May - 09 birth of henry J Kaiser, builder (Liberty Ships, Jeeps, Boulder Dam)
1882 On May - 09 birth of george Barker, American painter (d. 1965)
1886 On this day in history birth of francis Biddle, United States Attorney General (d. 1968)
1887 Jules Van de Leene, Belgian writer was born on this day in history.
1887 Sir Ernest de Silva, Sri Lankan Philanthropist (d. 1957) was born on May - 09.