Famous Birthdays In May - 21

1471  On this day in history birth of albrecht Durer, Nornberg Germany, Renaissance painter/print maker   

1527  Philip II, King of Spain (1556-98) & Portugal (1580-98) was born on May - 21.   

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  On this day in history birth of azzolino Bernardino Della Ciaia, composer   

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

1688  Alexander Pope, England, poet (Rape of the Lock) was born on May - 21.   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

1821  On May - 21 birth of john F Loudon, Dutch entrepreneur/colonial director   

1822  On May - 21 birth of dabney Herndon Maury, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1900   

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

1825  George Lafayette Beal, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) was born on this day in history.   

1826  Danillo II, ruler of Montenegro was born on this day in history.   

1827  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 this day in history birth of joseph Parry, composer   

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

1843  Charles Albert Gobat, Swiss politician (d. 1914) was born on this day in history.   

1850  Giuseppe Mercalli, Italian volcanologist (d. 1914) was born on this day in history.   

1851  Leon Bourgeois, France, politician, internationalist (Nobel 1920) was born on this day in history.   

1853  Jacques Marie Eugène Godefroy Cavaignac, French politician (d. 1905) was born on this day in history.   

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 May - 21.   

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0987  Louis V, last Carlovingians King of France (966-987), dies on May - 21.   

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

1542  On May - 21 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 this day in history giovan D "Tommaso" Campanella, Italian philosopher/poet, dies at 70