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 May - 21.   

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  Azzolino Bernardino Della Ciaia, composer was born on May - 21.   

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

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

1755  On May - 21 birth of alfred Moore, American judge (d. 1810)   

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

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 May - 21 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  Mosby Monroe Parsons, Brig General (Confederate Army) died in 1865 was born on May - 21.   

1825  George Lafayette Beal, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) was born on May - 21.   

1826  Danillo II, ruler of Montenegro was born on this day in history.   

1827  On May - 21 birth of william P. Sprague, American politician from Ohio (d. 1899)   

1832  Elizabeth Storrs Mead, American educator (d. 1917) was born on May - 21.   

1834  Charles-Albert Gobat, Switz, politician/lawyer/author (Nobel 1902) was born on this day in history.   

1835  Newton Martin Curtis, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) was born on this day in history.   

1835  On May - 21 birth of frantiÅ¡ek Chvostek, Moravian physician (d. 1884)   

1841  Joseph Parry, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1843  On May - 21 birth of charles Albert Gobat, Swiss politician (d. 1914)   

1850  On this day in history birth of giuseppe Mercalli, Italian volcanologist (d. 1914)   

1851  Leon Bourgeois, France, politician, internationalist (Nobel 1920) was born on this day in history.   

1853  On this day in history birth of jacques Marie Eugène Godefroy Cavaignac, French politician (d. 1905)   

1855  On May - 21 birth of emile A G Verhaeren, Belgian poet/writer (Les Flammes Hautes)   

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 May - 21.   

1254  Koenraad IV, RC-German king (1237-54), dies at 26 on this day in history.   

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

1512  Death of Pandolfo Petrucci, ruler of Siena on May - 21.   

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 this day in history.   

1607  On this day in history death of john Rainolds, English scholar (b. 1549)   

1639  Giovan D "Tommaso" Campanella, Italian philosopher/poet, dies at 70 on May - 21.