Famous Birthdays In May - 02

1360  On May - 02 birth of yongle, Emperor of China (d. 1424)   

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  Athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit/inventor (magic lantern) was born on this day in history.   

1660  Pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti, Palermo Italy, composer (Tigrane) was born on this day in history.   

1695  On May - 02 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 May - 02 birth of catherine II, the Great, empress of Russia (1762-96)   

1729  Florian Johann Deller, composer was born on May - 02.   

1737  On this day in history birth of william Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1805)   

1740  Elias Boudinot, lawyer/patriot, found Amer Biblical Society was born on May - 02.   

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

1752  Ludwig August Lebrun, composer was born on May - 02.   

1754  Vicente Martin y Soler, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1772  Novalis, writer was born on May - 02.   

1773  Henrik Steffens, Norwegian philosopher (d. 1845) was born on May - 02.   

1779  John Galt, Scotland, novelist (Ayrshire Legatees, Lawrie Todd) was born on this day in history.   

1810  On this day in history birth of hans Christian Lumbye, composer   

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

1817  Zikmund Michal Kolesovsky, composer was born on May - 02.   

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

1828  On this day in history birth of désiré Charnay, French archaeologist (d. 1915)   

1837  Henry Martyn Robert, parliamentarian (Robert's Rules of Order) was born on May - 02.   

1843  On May - 02 birth of carl Michael Ziehrer, composer   

1844  On this day in history birth of elijah McCoy, black inventor, held over 50 patents   

1846  Zygmunt Noskowski, composer was born on May - 02.   

1853  Marie Verstraete, actress (Louise-Frou Frou) was born on May - 02.   

1855  On this day in history birth of theodore Moses Tobani, composer   

1857  Frederic Cliffe, composer was born on May - 02.   

1859  Eugene D'Harcourt, composer was born on this day in history.   

1859  Jerome Klapka Jerome, English writer (d. 1927) was born on this day in history.   

1860  D'Arcy Thompson, zoologist/classicist (On Growth & Form) was born on this day in history.   

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0373  On this day in history death of athanasius, Patriarch of Alexandria (b. 298)   

0649  On this day in history maruta of Tagrit, theology/1st mafriaan Jakobitische church, dies   

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

0907  On this day in history death of boris I of Bulgaria   

1230  Death of William de Braose, Lord of Abergavenny (b. 1197) on May - 02.   

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

1300  Death of Blanche of Artois, regent of Navarre (b. 1248) on this day in history.   

1450  Death of William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English military leader (b. 1396) on May - 02.