Famous Personalities Born In May - 05
Wednesday, 19 March 2025
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.