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 May - 02.   

1551  William Camden, English historian (Brittania, Annales) was born on May - 02.   

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

1660  Pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti, Palermo Italy, composer (Tigrane) was born on May - 02.   

1695  Giovanni Niccolo Servandoni, Italian-born architect (d. 1766) was born on May - 02.   

1702  On May - 02 birth of friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (d. 1782)   

1729  Catherine II, the Great, empress of Russia (1762-96) was born on May - 02.   

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

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

1740  On May - 02 birth of elias Boudinot, lawyer/patriot, found Amer Biblical Society   

1750  John André, British Army officer of the American Revolutionary War (d. 1780) was born on May - 02.   

1752  On May - 02 birth of ludwig August Lebrun, composer   

1754  On May - 02 birth of vicente Martin y Soler, composer   

1768  On this day in history birth of jean-Louis M Alibert, French dermatologist   

1772  Novalis, writer was born on this day in history.   

1773  On this day in history birth of henrik Steffens, Norwegian philosopher (d. 1845)   

1779  On May - 02 birth of john Galt, Scotland, novelist (Ayrshire Legatees, Lawrie Todd)   

1810  On May - 02 birth of hans Christian Lumbye, composer   

1810  On May - 02 birth of leo XIII, 257th Roman Catholic pope (1878-1903)   

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

1821  On this day in history birth of abram Sanders Piatt, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1908   

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

1837  On May - 02 birth of henry Martyn Robert, parliamentarian (Robert's Rules of Order)   

1843  Carl Michael Ziehrer, composer was born on May - 02.   

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

1846  On May - 02 birth of zygmunt Noskowski, composer   

1853  Marie Verstraete, actress (Louise-Frou Frou) was born on this day in history.   

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

1857  On this day in history birth of frederic Cliffe, composer   

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

1859  On this day in history 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  On May - 02 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  Death of Boris I of Bulgaria on this day in history.   

1230  On this day in history death of william de Braose, Lord of Abergavenny (b. 1197)   

1250  On May - 02 death of toeransa, sultan of Egypt, murdered   

1300  Death of Blanche of Artois, regent of Navarre (b. 1248) on May - 02.   

1450  On this day in history death of william de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English military leader (b. 1396)