Famous Personalities Born In May - 21

1471  Albrecht Durer, Nornberg Germany, Renaissance painter/print maker was born on this day in history.   

1527  On this day in history birth of philip II, King of Spain (1556-98) & Portugal (1580-98)   

1633  Joseph de La Barre, composer was born on May - 21.   

1653  Eleonora Maria Josefa of Austria, queen consort of Poland and Lithuania (d. 1697) was born on this day in history.   

1671  Azzolino Bernardino Della Ciaia, composer was born on May - 21.   

1680  On May - 21 birth of frederich Karl Erbach, composer   

1688  Alexander Pope, England, poet (Rape of the Lock) was born on this day in history.   

1720  On May - 21 birth of antonio Corbisiero, composer   

1722  On this day in history birth of wilhelm Gottfried Enderle, composer   

1755  On this day in history birth of alfred Moore, American judge (d. 1810)   

1763  Joseph Fouché, French statesman (d. 1820) was born on this day in history.   

1775  On this day in history birth of lucien Bonaparte, prince of Canino/Musignano   

1780  On May - 21 birth of elizabeth Fry, Quaker minister/prison reformer/nurse   

1792  Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis, French scientist (d. 1843) was born on this day in history.   

1796  Reverdy Johnson, rep (Union), died in 1876 was born on May - 21.   

1821  John F Loudon, Dutch entrepreneur/colonial director was born on May - 21.   

1822  Dabney Herndon Maury, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1900 was born on this day in history.   

1822  Mosby Monroe Parsons, Brig General (Confederate Army) died in 1865 was born on May - 21.   

1825  On this day in history birth of george Lafayette Beal, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

1826  On this day in history birth of danillo II, ruler of Montenegro   

1827  William P. Sprague, American politician from Ohio (d. 1899) was born on this day in history.   

1832  Elizabeth Storrs Mead, American educator (d. 1917) was born on this day in history.   

1834  Charles-Albert Gobat, Switz, politician/lawyer/author (Nobel 1902) was born on this day in history.   

1835  On this day in history birth of newton Martin Curtis, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

1835  On this day in history birth of frantiÅ¡ek Chvostek, Moravian physician (d. 1884)   

1841  Joseph Parry, composer was born on this day in history.   

1843  Louis Renault, French lawyer was born on this day in history.   

1843  On May - 21 birth of charles Albert Gobat, Swiss politician (d. 1914)   

1850  On this day in history birth of giuseppe Mercalli, Italian volcanologist (d. 1914)   

1851  Leon Bourgeois, France, politician, internationalist (Nobel 1920) was born on May - 21.   

1853  On May - 21 birth of jacques Marie Eugène Godefroy Cavaignac, French politician (d. 1905)   

1855  Emile A G Verhaeren, Belgian poet/writer (Les Flammes Hautes) was born on May - 21.   

1858  On May - 21 birth of jose Battle Ordonez, Uruguay, politician   

1860  Willam Einthoven, Dutch physiologist/inventor (electrocardiograph) was born on this day in history.   

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0987  Louis V, last Carlovingians King of France (966-987), dies on this day in history.   

1254  Koenraad IV, RC-German king (1237-54), dies at 26 on this day in history.   

1481  On May - 21 christian I, king of Denmark/Norway/Sweden, dies   

1512  Death of Pandolfo Petrucci, ruler of Siena on this day in history.   

1524  Thomas Howard 2nd duke of Norfolk, general/premier, dies at about 80 on this day in history.   

1542  On this day in history hernando de Soto, dies while searching for gold, near Mississippi R   

1607  On May - 21 death of john Rainolds, English scholar (b. 1549)   

1639  On May - 21 giovan D "Tommaso" Campanella, Italian philosopher/poet, dies at 70