Famous Birthdays In May - 02
Monday, 18 March 2024
1360 On May - 02 birth of yongle, Emperor of China (d. 1424)
1451 René II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1508) was born on May - 02.
1458 On May - 02 birth of leonor of Viseu, queen of Portugal (d. 1525)
1551 On this day in history birth of william Camden, English historian (Brittania, Annales)
1601 On this day in history birth of athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit/inventor (magic lantern)
1660 On this day in history birth of pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti, Palermo Italy, composer (Tigrane)
1695 Giovanni Niccolo Servandoni, Italian-born architect (d. 1766) was born on May - 02.
1702 Friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (d. 1782) was born on this day in history.
1729 On May - 02 birth of catherine II, the Great, empress of Russia (1762-96)
1729 On this day in history birth of florian Johann Deller, composer
1737 On May - 02 birth of william Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1805)
1740 Elias Boudinot, lawyer/patriot, found Amer Biblical Society was born on this day in history.
1750 John André, British Army officer of the American Revolutionary War (d. 1780) was born on May - 02.
1752 Ludwig August Lebrun, composer was born on May - 02.
1754 On this day in history birth of vicente Martin y Soler, composer
1768 Jean-Louis M Alibert, French dermatologist was born on this day in history.
1772 On this day in history birth of novalis, writer
1773 On this day in history birth of henrik Steffens, Norwegian philosopher (d. 1845)
1779 John Galt, Scotland, novelist (Ayrshire Legatees, Lawrie Todd) was born on May - 02.
1810 On May - 02 birth of hans Christian Lumbye, composer
1810 Leo XIII, 257th Roman Catholic pope (1878-1903) was born on this day in history.
1817 On this day in history birth of zikmund Michal Kolesovsky, composer
1821 On May - 02 birth of abram Sanders Piatt, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1908
1828 On this day in history birth of désiré Charnay, French archaeologist (d. 1915)
1837 On this day in history birth of henry Martyn Robert, parliamentarian (Robert's Rules of Order)
1843 Carl Michael Ziehrer, composer was born on this day in history.
1844 Elijah McCoy, black inventor, held over 50 patents was born on May - 02.
1846 Zygmunt Noskowski, composer was born on this day in history.
1853 On this day in history birth of marie Verstraete, actress (Louise-Frou Frou)
1855 On May - 02 birth of theodore Moses Tobani, composer
1857 Frederic Cliffe, composer was born on this day in history.
1859 On this day in history birth of eugene D'Harcourt, composer
1859 Jerome Klapka Jerome, English writer (d. 1927) was born on May - 02.
1860 D'Arcy Thompson, zoologist/classicist (On Growth & Form) was born on this day in history.