Famous Personalities Born In May - 05

0867  Uda, Emperor of Japan (d. 931) was born on this day in history.   

1210  King Afonso III of Portugal (d. 1279) was born on this day in history.   

1352  On May - 05 birth of ruprecht, Roman catholic German king   

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  Emmanuel-Philibert van Lalaing, baron of Montigny/marquis of Renty was born on this day in history.   

1635  Philippe Quinault, French playwright (L'amant indiscret) was born on May - 05.   

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

1680  On May - 05 birth of giuseppe Porsile, composer   

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

1747  Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1792) was born on May - 05.   

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

1764  Robert Craufurd, British general (d. 1812) was born on May - 05.   

1800  Louis Hachette, French publisher (Librairie Hachette) was born on May - 05.   

1804  Jacob Kats, Flemish writer (Earthly Paradise) was born on May - 05.   

1813  On May - 05 birth of søren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher (d. 1855)   

1815  On May - 05 birth of eugene-Marin Labiche, French playwright   

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 May - 05.   

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 May - 05.   

1830  On this day in history birth of john Batterson Stetson, American hat manufacturer (d. 1906)   

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

1833  Ferdinand von Richthofen, German geographer/explorer was born on May - 05.   

1834  Viktor Hartmann, Russian architect and painter (d. 1873) was born on this day in history.   

1835  On May - 05 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 this day in history.   

1848  Adalbert von Goldschmidt, composer was born on this day in history.   

1849  On May - 05 birth of hambletonian, Chester NY, greatest standardbred horse   

1854  On May - 05 birth of antonio Smareglia, composer   

1862  Max Elskamp, Belgian author/poet (Lesson Joies Blondes, Maya) was born on May - 05.   

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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  Death of Gerberga of Saxony, Queen of Western Francia on May - 05.   

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 this day in history.   

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