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Famous Birthdays In May - 19

Wednesday, 22 May 2013

1469 On this day in history birth of giovanni della Robbia, Ital's sculptor

1611 Innocent XI, [Benedetto Odescalchi], Italy, 240th Pope (1676-89) was born on this day in history.

1616 Johann Jacob Froberger, German singer/organist/composer was born on this day in history.

1700 On this day in history birth of josé de Escandón, Spanish colonial governor (d. 1770)

1724 On this day in history birth of augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, British admiral and politician (d. 1779)

1744 Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1818) was born on this day in history.

1746 On this day in history birth of johann Friedrich Peter, composer

1755 On this day in history birth of gabriele Prota, composer

1762 On this day in history birth of johann G Fichte German philosopher (Wissenschaftslehre)

1770 On this day in history birth of antoine-Charles Glachant, composer

1773 Arthur Aikin, English mineralogist (d. 1854) was born on this day in history.

1795 On this day in history birth of johns Hopkins, philanthropist, founded Johns Hopkins University

1797 On this day in history birth of maria Isabel of Portugal, queen of Spain (d. 1818)

1808 On this day in history birth of samuel Jameson Gholson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1883

1812 On this day in history birth of felix Kirk Zollicoffer, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862

1815 John Gross Barnard, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1882 was born on this day in history.

1827 On this day in history birth of paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour, French statesman (d. 1896)

1828 On this day in history birth of adin Ballou Underwood, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)

1839 Alice Mary Smith, composer was born on this day in history.

1858 On this day in history birth of roland Napoleon Bonaparte, French officer/traveller (Surinam)

1859 Nellie Melba, [Heal Mitchell], Australian soprano (Peach Melba) was born on this day in history.

1860 Victor E Orlando, Italy's premier (1917-19) was born on this day in history.

1861 Dame Nellie Melba, Australian opera singer (d. 1931) was born on this day in history.

1862 Mikhail Nesterov, Russian painter (d. 1942) was born on this day in history.

1864 Carl Ethan Akeley, US, naturalist, devoleped animal mount process was born on this day in history.

1869 On this day in history birth of jules Poncelet, Belgian minister of State

1870 On this day in history birth of albert Fish, American serial killer (d. 1936)

1873 On this day in history birth of federico Gerdes, composer

1874 On this day in history birth of gilbert Laird Jessop, cricketer (The Croucher)

1878 Adam von Ahn Carse, composer was born on this day in history.

1879 Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, US/Eng's feminist/ex of Waldorf Astor was born on this day in history.

1880 On this day in history birth of allard R Hulshoff, architect of Amsterdam (1924)

1881 On this day in history birth of mustafa Kemal Atatürk, 1st President of Turkey (d. 1938)

1882 On this day in history birth of mohammed Mosaddeq, Prime Minister of Iran (d. 1967)

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Famous Deaths In May - 19

Famous People Died On This Day In History

1102 On this day in history death of stephen, Count of Blois (b. c. 1045)

1125 Death of Vladimir Monomakh, Russian prince (b. 1053) on this day in history.

1296 Celestine V, [Pietro del Murrone], Pope (1294), dies on this day in history.

1319 Death of Louis d'Évreux, son of Philip III of France (b. 1276) on this day in history.

1389 Death of Dmitri Donskoi, Grand Prince of Muscovy (b. 1350) on this day in history.

1526 Death of Emperor Go-Kashiwabara of Japan (b. 1464) on this day in history.

1531 Death of Jan Łaski, Polish statesman and diplomat (b. 1456) on this day in history.

1536 On this day in history death of anne Boleyn, Queen of England/wife of Henry VIII, beheaded