Famous Personalities Born In May - 05
Wednesday, 02 April 2025
0867 On May - 05 birth of uda, Emperor of Japan (d. 931)
1210 King Afonso III of Portugal (d. 1279) was born on this day in history.
1352 Ruprecht, Roman catholic German king was born on this day in history.
1479 Guru Amar Das, third Sikh Guru (d. 1574) was born on this day in history.
1546 Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, English politician (d. 1623) was born on this day in history.
1557 On this day in history birth of emmanuel-Philibert van Lalaing, baron of Montigny/marquis of Renty
1635 On this day in history birth of philippe Quinault, French playwright (L'amant indiscret)
1657 Jacques Danican Philidor, composer was born on May - 05.
1680 On May - 05 birth of giuseppe Porsile, composer
1715 On May - 05 birth of daniel Dal Barba, composer
1747 On May - 05 birth of leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1792)
1749 On this day in history birth of jean-Frederic Edelmann, composer
1764 On May - 05 birth of robert Craufurd, British general (d. 1812)
1800 Louis Hachette, French publisher (Librairie Hachette) was born on May - 05.
1804 Jacob Kats, Flemish writer (Earthly Paradise) was born on this day in history.
1813 Søren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher (d. 1855) was born on May - 05.
1815 On this day in history birth of eugene-Marin Labiche, French playwright
1817 George Washington Julian, MC (Union), died in 1899 was born on May - 05.
1818 On this day in history birth of karl Marx, philosopher (Communist Manifesto, Das Kapital)
1819 Stanislaw Moniuszko, Polish composer was born on May - 05.
1823 James Allen Hardie, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1876 was born on May - 05.
1826 Eugenie M de Montijo y de Guzman, Empress of France was born on May - 05.
1830 John Batterson Stetson, American hat manufacturer (d. 1906) was born on this day in history.
1832 On this day in history birth of h H Bancroft, historian, publisher (History of Pacific States)
1833 On May - 05 birth of ferdinand von Richthofen, German geographer/explorer
1834 Viktor Hartmann, Russian architect and painter (d. 1873) was born on this day in history.
1835 On this day in history birth of leopold II, Belgian crown prince, baptized
1842 On this day in history birth of johann Nepomuk Fuchs, composer
1846 Federico Chueca, composer was born on May - 05.
1846 Henryk Sienkiewicz, Poland, author (Quo Vadis, Nobel 1905) was born on May - 05.
1848 Adalbert von Goldschmidt, composer was born on May - 05.
1849 Hambletonian, Chester NY, greatest standardbred horse was born on May - 05.
1854 On this day in history birth of antonio Smareglia, composer
1862 On May - 05 birth of max Elskamp, Belgian author/poet (Lesson Joies Blondes, Maya)