Famous Personalities Born In May - 02

1360  Yongle, Emperor of China (d. 1424) was born on this day in history.   

1451  René II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1508) was born on May - 02.   

1458  Leonor of Viseu, queen of Portugal (d. 1525) was born on this day in history.   

1551  On May - 02 birth of william Camden, English historian (Brittania, Annales)   

1601  On this day in history birth of athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit/inventor (magic lantern)   

1660  On May - 02 birth of pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti, Palermo Italy, composer (Tigrane)   

1695  On this day in history birth of giovanni Niccolo Servandoni, Italian-born architect (d. 1766)   

1702  On this day in history birth of friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (d. 1782)   

1729  On this day in history birth of catherine II, the Great, empress of Russia (1762-96)   

1729  Florian Johann Deller, composer was born on this day in history.   

1737  William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1805) was born on May - 02.   

1740  On this day in history birth of elias Boudinot, lawyer/patriot, found Amer Biblical Society   

1750  On this day in history birth of john André, British Army officer of the American Revolutionary War (d. 1780)   

1752  On this day in history birth of ludwig August Lebrun, composer   

1754  On this day in history birth of vicente Martin y Soler, composer   

1768  On May - 02 birth of jean-Louis M Alibert, French dermatologist   

1772  On this day in history birth of novalis, writer   

1773  On May - 02 birth of henrik Steffens, Norwegian philosopher (d. 1845)   

1779  John Galt, Scotland, novelist (Ayrshire Legatees, Lawrie Todd) was born on May - 02.   

1810  Hans Christian Lumbye, composer was born on this day in history.   

1810  Leo XIII, 257th Roman Catholic pope (1878-1903) was born on May - 02.   

1817  Zikmund Michal Kolesovsky, composer was born on this day in history.   

1821  Abram Sanders Piatt, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1908 was born on this day in history.   

1828  Désiré Charnay, French archaeologist (d. 1915) was born on May - 02.   

1837  Henry Martyn Robert, parliamentarian (Robert's Rules of Order) was born on this day in history.   

1843  Carl Michael Ziehrer, composer was born on this day in history.   

1844  On May - 02 birth of elijah McCoy, black inventor, held over 50 patents   

1846  Zygmunt Noskowski, composer was born on this day in history.   

1853  On this day in history birth of marie Verstraete, actress (Louise-Frou Frou)   

1855  On May - 02 birth of theodore Moses Tobani, composer   

1857  Frederic Cliffe, composer was born on this day in history.   

1859  On May - 02 birth of eugene D'Harcourt, composer   

1859  On May - 02 birth of jerome Klapka Jerome, English writer (d. 1927)   

1860  On this day in history birth of d'Arcy Thompson, zoologist/classicist (On Growth & Form)   

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0373  Death of Athanasius, Patriarch of Alexandria (b. 298) on this day in history.   

0649  On May - 02 maruta of Tagrit, theology/1st mafriaan Jakobitische church, dies   

0756  On May - 02 death of emperor Shōmu, Emperor of Japan (b. 701)   

0907  Death of Boris I of Bulgaria on this day in history.   

1230  On May - 02 death of william de Braose, Lord of Abergavenny (b. 1197)   

1250  Death of Toeransa, sultan of Egypt, murdered on May - 02.   

1300  On May - 02 death of blanche of Artois, regent of Navarre (b. 1248)   

1450  On May - 02 death of william de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English military leader (b. 1396)