Famous Birthdays In May - 21

1471  Albrecht Durer, Nornberg Germany, Renaissance painter/print maker was born on May - 21.   

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 May - 21.   

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

1680  Frederich Karl Erbach, composer was born on May - 21.   

1688  On May - 21 birth of alexander Pope, England, poet (Rape of the Lock)   

1720  Antonio Corbisiero, composer was born on this day in history.   

1722  Wilhelm Gottfried Enderle, composer was born on this day in history.   

1755  Alfred Moore, American judge (d. 1810) was born on this day in history.   

1763  Joseph Fouché, French statesman (d. 1820) was born on this day in history.   

1775  Lucien Bonaparte, prince of Canino/Musignano was born on this day in history.   

1780  Elizabeth Fry, Quaker minister/prison reformer/nurse was born on May - 21.   

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

1796  On this day in history birth of reverdy Johnson, rep (Union), died in 1876   

1821  John F Loudon, Dutch entrepreneur/colonial director was born on May - 21.   

1822  Dabney Herndon Maury, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1900 was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of danillo II, ruler of Montenegro   

1827  On this day in history birth of william P. Sprague, American politician from Ohio (d. 1899)   

1832  On this day in history birth of elizabeth Storrs Mead, American educator (d. 1917)   

1834  On this day in history birth of charles-Albert Gobat, Switz, politician/lawyer/author (Nobel 1902)   

1835  On this day in history birth of newton Martin Curtis, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

1835  On this day in history birth of frantiÅ¡ek Chvostek, Moravian physician (d. 1884)   

1841  On May - 21 birth of joseph Parry, composer   

1843  Louis Renault, French lawyer was born on this day in history.   

1843  Charles Albert Gobat, Swiss politician (d. 1914) was born on this day in history.   

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  On May - 21 birth of jacques Marie Eugène Godefroy Cavaignac, French politician (d. 1905)   

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

1858  Jose Battle Ordonez, Uruguay, politician was born on May - 21.   

1860  On this day in history birth of willam Einthoven, Dutch physiologist/inventor (electrocardiograph)   

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

1254  Koenraad IV, RC-German king (1237-54), dies at 26 on May - 21.   

1481  Christian I, king of Denmark/Norway/Sweden, dies on this day in history.   

1512  On May - 21 death of pandolfo Petrucci, ruler of Siena   

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

1542  Hernando de Soto, dies while searching for gold, near Mississippi R on May - 21.   

1607  Death of John Rainolds, English scholar (b. 1549) on May - 21.   

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