Famous Birthdays In May - 21

1471  On May - 21 birth of albrecht Durer, Nornberg Germany, Renaissance painter/print maker   

1527  Philip II, King of Spain (1556-98) & Portugal (1580-98) was born on this day in history.   

1633  Joseph de La Barre, composer was born on May - 21.   

1653  Eleonora Maria Josefa of Austria, queen consort of Poland and Lithuania (d. 1697) was born on this day in history.   

1671  On this day in history birth of azzolino Bernardino Della Ciaia, composer   

1680  Frederich Karl Erbach, composer was born on this day in history.   

1688  Alexander Pope, England, poet (Rape of the Lock) was born on this day in history.   

1720  Antonio Corbisiero, composer was born on May - 21.   

1722  On this day in history birth of wilhelm Gottfried Enderle, composer   

1755  On this day in history birth of alfred Moore, American judge (d. 1810)   

1763  On May - 21 birth of joseph Fouché, French statesman (d. 1820)   

1775  On May - 21 birth of lucien Bonaparte, prince of Canino/Musignano   

1780  On May - 21 birth of elizabeth Fry, Quaker minister/prison reformer/nurse   

1792  Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis, French scientist (d. 1843) was born on this day in history.   

1796  On May - 21 birth of reverdy Johnson, rep (Union), died in 1876   

1821  On this day in history birth of john F Loudon, Dutch entrepreneur/colonial director   

1822  Dabney Herndon Maury, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1900 was born on May - 21.   

1822  On May - 21 birth of mosby Monroe Parsons, Brig General (Confederate Army) died in 1865   

1825  On this day in history birth of george Lafayette Beal, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

1826  Danillo II, ruler of Montenegro was born on May - 21.   

1827  William P. Sprague, American politician from Ohio (d. 1899) was born on this day in history.   

1832  On May - 21 birth of elizabeth Storrs Mead, American educator (d. 1917)   

1834  On May - 21 birth of charles-Albert Gobat, Switz, politician/lawyer/author (Nobel 1902)   

1835  On May - 21 birth of newton Martin Curtis, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

1835  FrantiÅ¡ek Chvostek, Moravian physician (d. 1884) was born on May - 21.   

1841  Joseph Parry, composer was born on May - 21.   

1843  On this day in history birth of louis Renault, French lawyer   

1843  Charles Albert Gobat, Swiss politician (d. 1914) was born on May - 21.   

1850  Giuseppe Mercalli, Italian volcanologist (d. 1914) was born on this day in history.   

1851  On May - 21 birth of leon Bourgeois, France, politician, internationalist (Nobel 1920)   

1853  Jacques Marie Eugène Godefroy Cavaignac, French politician (d. 1905) was born on this day in history.   

1855  Emile A G Verhaeren, Belgian poet/writer (Les Flammes Hautes) was born on this day in history.   

1858  On May - 21 birth of jose Battle Ordonez, Uruguay, politician   

1860  Willam Einthoven, Dutch physiologist/inventor (electrocardiograph) was born on this day in history.   

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0987  Louis V, last Carlovingians King of France (966-987), dies on this day in history.   

1254  On May - 21 koenraad IV, RC-German king (1237-54), dies at 26   

1481  Christian I, king of Denmark/Norway/Sweden, dies on May - 21.   

1512  Death of Pandolfo Petrucci, ruler of Siena on this day in history.   

1524  On this day in history thomas Howard 2nd duke of Norfolk, general/premier, dies at about 80   

1542  On May - 21 hernando de Soto, dies while searching for gold, near Mississippi R   

1607  On May - 21 death of john Rainolds, English scholar (b. 1549)   

1639  Giovan D "Tommaso" Campanella, Italian philosopher/poet, dies at 70 on this day in history.