Famous Personalities Born In May - 05

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)   

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0200  Death of Sun Ce, warlord of the Han Dynasty (b. 175) on May - 05.   

0311  Gaius VM Galerius, emperor of Rome, dies at about 50 on this day in history.   

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

1028  Alfonso V, King of Leon/Galicia (999-1028), dies in battle on May - 05.   

1194  Kazimierz II, the Justified, grand duke of Poland (1177-94), dies on May - 05.   

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

1309  Charles II, the Lame, King of Naples (1285-1309), dies on May - 05.   

1504  On this day in history anton of Burgundy, the Great Bastard, knight, dies at about 82