Famous Birthdays In May - 05

0867  Uda, Emperor of Japan (d. 931) was born on May - 05.   

1210  King Afonso III of Portugal (d. 1279) was born on May - 05.   

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

1479  On May - 05 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  Jacques Danican Philidor, composer was born on May - 05.   

1680  On May - 05 birth of giuseppe Porsile, composer   

1715  On May - 05 birth of daniel Dal Barba, composer   

1747  On this day in history birth of leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1792)   

1749  Jean-Frederic Edelmann, composer was born on this day in history.   

1764  Robert Craufurd, British general (d. 1812) was born on this day in history.   

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

1804  On this day in history birth of jacob Kats, Flemish writer (Earthly Paradise)   

1813  Søren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher (d. 1855) was born on May - 05.   

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

1817  On this day in history birth of george Washington Julian, MC (Union), died in 1899   

1818  On May - 05 birth of karl Marx, philosopher (Communist Manifesto, Das Kapital)   

1819  Stanislaw Moniuszko, Polish composer was born on May - 05.   

1823  James Allen Hardie, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1876 was born on this day in history.   

1826  On May - 05 birth of eugenie M de Montijo y de Guzman, Empress of France   

1830  John Batterson Stetson, American hat manufacturer (d. 1906) was born on this day in history.   

1832  H H Bancroft, historian, publisher (History of Pacific States) was born on May - 05.   

1833  Ferdinand von Richthofen, German geographer/explorer was born on this day in history.   

1834  Viktor Hartmann, Russian architect and painter (d. 1873) was born on May - 05.   

1835  Leopold II, Belgian crown prince, baptized was born on May - 05.   

1842  On May - 05 birth of johann Nepomuk Fuchs, composer   

1846  Federico Chueca, composer was born on this day in history.   

1846  Henryk Sienkiewicz, Poland, author (Quo Vadis, Nobel 1905) was born on this day in history.   

1848  On May - 05 birth of adalbert von Goldschmidt, composer   

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

1854  Antonio Smareglia, composer was born on this day in history.   

1862  Max Elskamp, Belgian author/poet (Lesson Joies Blondes, Maya) was born on this day in history.   

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0200  Death of Sun Ce, warlord of the Han Dynasty (b. 175) on May - 05.   

0311  On May - 05 gaius VM Galerius, emperor of Rome, dies at about 50   

0984  Death of Gerberga of Saxony, Queen of Western Francia on this day in history.   

1028  Alfonso V, King of Leon/Galicia (999-1028), dies in battle on May - 05.   

1194  On this day in history kazimierz II, the Justified, grand duke of Poland (1177-94), dies   

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