Famous Personalities Born In May - 21

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

1527  On May - 21 birth of philip II, King of Spain (1556-98) & Portugal (1580-98)   

1633  On this day in history birth of joseph de La Barre, composer   

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 this day in history.   

1680  Frederich Karl Erbach, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1720  Antonio Corbisiero, composer was born on this day in history.   

1722  Wilhelm Gottfried Enderle, composer was born on this day in history.   

1755  Alfred Moore, American judge (d. 1810) was born on May - 21.   

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

1775  Lucien Bonaparte, prince of Canino/Musignano was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1822  Dabney Herndon Maury, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1900 was born on May - 21.   

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

1825  On May - 21 birth of george Lafayette Beal, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

1826  Danillo II, ruler of Montenegro was born on May - 21.   

1827  On May - 21 birth of william P. Sprague, American politician from Ohio (d. 1899)   

1832  On May - 21 birth of elizabeth Storrs Mead, American educator (d. 1917)   

1834  Charles-Albert Gobat, Switz, politician/lawyer/author (Nobel 1902) was born on May - 21.   

1835  On May - 21 birth of newton Martin Curtis, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

1835  FrantiÅ¡ek Chvostek, Moravian physician (d. 1884) was born on May - 21.   

1841  On May - 21 birth of joseph Parry, composer   

1843  Louis Renault, French lawyer was born on May - 21.   

1843  On this day in history birth of charles Albert Gobat, Swiss politician (d. 1914)   

1850  Giuseppe Mercalli, Italian volcanologist (d. 1914) was born on May - 21.   

1851  On this day in history birth of leon Bourgeois, France, politician, internationalist (Nobel 1920)   

1853  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1858  Jose Battle Ordonez, Uruguay, politician was born on this day in history.   

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

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0987  On May - 21 louis V, last Carlovingians King of France (966-987), dies   

1254  On May - 21 koenraad IV, RC-German king (1237-54), dies at 26   

1481  Christian I, king of Denmark/Norway/Sweden, dies on May - 21.   

1512  Death of Pandolfo Petrucci, ruler of Siena on May - 21.   

1524  On this day in history thomas Howard 2nd duke of Norfolk, general/premier, dies at about 80   

1542  On May - 21 hernando de Soto, dies while searching for gold, near Mississippi R   

1607  On this day in history death of john Rainolds, English scholar (b. 1549)   

1639  Giovan D "Tommaso" Campanella, Italian philosopher/poet, dies at 70 on May - 21.