Famous Personalities Born In May - 05

0867  On this day in history birth of uda, Emperor of Japan (d. 931)   

1210  On this day in history birth of king Afonso III of Portugal (d. 1279)   

1352  On this day in history birth of ruprecht, Roman catholic German king   

1479  On this day in history birth of guru Amar Das, third Sikh Guru (d. 1574)   

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  Philippe Quinault, French playwright (L'amant indiscret) was born on May - 05.   

1657  On May - 05 birth of jacques Danican Philidor, composer   

1680  Giuseppe Porsile, composer was born on this day in history.   

1715  Daniel Dal Barba, composer was born on this day in history.   

1747  Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1792) was born on this day in history.   

1749  On this day in history birth of jean-Frederic Edelmann, composer   

1764  Robert Craufurd, British general (d. 1812) was born on this day in history.   

1800  Louis Hachette, French publisher (Librairie Hachette) was born on this day in history.   

1804  Jacob Kats, Flemish writer (Earthly Paradise) was born on this day in history.   

1813  On this day in history birth of søren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher (d. 1855)   

1815  Eugene-Marin Labiche, French playwright was born on this day in history.   

1817  On May - 05 birth of george Washington Julian, MC (Union), died in 1899   

1818  Karl Marx, philosopher (Communist Manifesto, Das Kapital) was born on this day in history.   

1819  On May - 05 birth of stanislaw Moniuszko, Polish composer   

1823  On this day in history birth of james Allen Hardie, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1876   

1826  Eugenie M de Montijo y de Guzman, Empress of France was born on this day in history.   

1830  John Batterson Stetson, American hat manufacturer (d. 1906) was born on May - 05.   

1832  H H Bancroft, historian, publisher (History of Pacific States) was born on this day in history.   

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  Leopold II, Belgian crown prince, baptized was born on May - 05.   

1842  On this day in history birth of johann Nepomuk Fuchs, composer   

1846  Federico Chueca, composer was born on May - 05.   

1846  On this day in history birth of henryk Sienkiewicz, Poland, author (Quo Vadis, Nobel 1905)   

1848  On this day in history birth of adalbert von Goldschmidt, composer   

1849  Hambletonian, Chester NY, greatest standardbred horse was born on May - 05.   

1854  On this day in history birth of antonio Smareglia, composer   

1862  Max Elskamp, Belgian author/poet (Lesson Joies Blondes, Maya) was born on this day in history.   

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0200  On May - 05 death of sun Ce, warlord of the Han Dynasty (b. 175)   

0311  On May - 05 gaius VM Galerius, emperor of Rome, dies at about 50   

0984  On this day in history death of gerberga of Saxony, Queen of Western Francia   

1028  On May - 05 alfonso V, King of Leon/Galicia (999-1028), dies in battle   

1194  On May - 05 kazimierz II, the Justified, grand duke of Poland (1177-94), dies   

1219  Death of King Leo II of Armenia (b. 1150) on May - 05.   

1309  On May - 05 charles II, the Lame, King of Naples (1285-1309), dies   

1504  Anton of Burgundy, the Great Bastard, knight, dies at about 82 on May - 05.