Famous Personalities Born In May - 05

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

1210  King Afonso III of Portugal (d. 1279) was born on May - 05.   

1352  Ruprecht, Roman catholic German king was born on May - 05.   

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

1546  On May - 05 birth of thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, English politician (d. 1623)   

1557  Emmanuel-Philibert van Lalaing, baron of Montigny/marquis of Renty was born on May - 05.   

1635  Philippe Quinault, French playwright (L'amant indiscret) was born on this day in history.   

1657  Jacques Danican Philidor, composer was born on May - 05.   

1680  Giuseppe Porsile, composer was born on May - 05.   

1715  On this day in history birth of daniel Dal Barba, composer   

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  On May - 05 birth of robert Craufurd, British general (d. 1812)   

1800  On May - 05 birth of louis Hachette, French publisher (Librairie Hachette)   

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 May - 05 birth of eugene-Marin Labiche, French playwright   

1817  George Washington Julian, MC (Union), died in 1899 was born on this day in history.   

1818  On this day in history birth of karl Marx, philosopher (Communist Manifesto, Das Kapital)   

1819  On this day in history birth of stanislaw Moniuszko, Polish composer   

1823  On May - 05 birth of james Allen Hardie, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1876   

1826  On May - 05 birth of eugenie M de Montijo y de Guzman, Empress of France   

1830  John Batterson Stetson, American hat manufacturer (d. 1906) was born on this day in history.   

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

1833  On this day in history birth of ferdinand von Richthofen, German geographer/explorer   

1834  On this day in history birth of viktor Hartmann, Russian architect and painter (d. 1873)   

1835  On this day in history birth of leopold II, Belgian crown prince, baptized   

1842  Johann Nepomuk Fuchs, composer was born on May - 05.   

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

1846  Henryk Sienkiewicz, Poland, author (Quo Vadis, Nobel 1905) was born on this day in history.   

1848  Adalbert von Goldschmidt, composer was born on May - 05.   

1849  On this day in history birth of hambletonian, Chester NY, greatest standardbred horse   

1854  Antonio Smareglia, composer was born on May - 05.   

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

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0200  On this day in history 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 this day in history alfonso V, King of Leon/Galicia (999-1028), dies in battle   

1194  On this day in history 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  Charles II, the Lame, King of Naples (1285-1309), dies on May - 05.   

1504  On May - 05 anton of Burgundy, the Great Bastard, knight, dies at about 82