Famous Personalities Born In May - 02
Tuesday, 25 March 2025
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)