Famous Birthdays In May - 23

1052  On this day in history birth of king Philip I of France (d. 1108)  Share it »

1100  On this day in history birth of emperor Qinzong of China (d. 1161)  Share it »

1598  Claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, baptized was born on this day in history.  Share it »

1606  Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish writer (d. 1682) was born on this day in history.  Share it »

1617  On this day in history birth of elias Ashmole, antiquary  Share it »

1620  Pieter Neefs, the Younger, Flemish painter, baptized was born on this day in history.  Share it »

1644  On this day in history birth of thomas Eisenhut, composer  Share it »

1696  On this day in history birth of johann Caspar Vogler, composer  Share it »

1707  On this day in history birth of carolus Linneus, Sweden, biological classifier  Share it »

1707  On this day in history birth of carolus Linnaeus, Swedish botanist (d. 1778)  Share it »

1710  On this day in history birth of francois-Gaspard Adam, French sculptor (garden sculptures)  Share it »

1718  William Hunter, obstetrician/medal writer was born on this day in history.  Share it »

1729  On this day in history birth of giuseppe Parini, Italian priest/poet (Il Giorno)  Share it »

1734  Friedrich Anton Mesmer, Austria, physician/hypnotist (Mesmerism) was born on this day in history.  Share it »

1735  Charles Joseph, prince the Ligne, Belgian fieldmarshal/author was born on this day in history.  Share it »

1737  On this day in history birth of louis Francois Chambray, composer  Share it »

1741  On this day in history birth of andrea Lucchesi, composer  Share it »

1753  Giovanni Battista Viotti, violonist/composer was born on this day in history.  Share it »

1754  Andrea Appiana, Italian royal painter (Napoleon) was born on this day in history.  Share it »

1756  On this day in history birth of nicolas-Joseph Hullmandel, composer  Share it »

1759  Antoinio da Silva Leite, composer was born on this day in history.  Share it »

1790  Jules Dumont d'Urville, French explorer (d. 1842) was born on this day in history.  Share it »

1794  Isaak-Ignaz Moscheles, composer was born on this day in history.  Share it »

1795  On this day in history birth of charles Barry, architect  Share it »

1799  On this day in history birth of thomas Hood, English poet/composer (Song of the Shirt)  Share it »

1812  Henri A Esquiros, French poet/writer (Les Vierges Folles) was born on this day in history.  Share it »

1813  On this day in history birth of mason Brayman, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1895  Share it »

1820  On this day in history birth of james Buchanan Eads, US, engineer/inventor (Eads Bridge-St Louis)  Share it »

1820  On this day in history birth of lorenzo Sawyer, 9th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of California (d. 1891)  Share it »

1824  Ambrose Everett Burnside, Major General (Union volunteers) was born on this day in history.  Share it »

1828  Edward Hitchcock, America's 1st prof of physical ed (Amherst College) was born on this day in history.  Share it »

1832  On this day in history birth of pieter J B C R van der Aa, Dutch Indologist/geographer  Share it »

1834  Carl Heinrich Bloch, Danish painter (d. 1890) was born on this day in history.  Share it »

1837  James Sanks Brisbin, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1892 was born on this day in history.  Share it »

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1125  On this day in history hendrik V, Roman catholics German king/emperor (1098/1111-25), dies  Share it »

1153  On this day in history david I, king of Scotland (1124-53), dies at about 68  Share it »

1304  On this day in history death of jehan de Lescurel, French poet and composer  Share it »

1423  On this day in history benedict XIII, [Pedro the Luna], Spanish Pope (1394-1423), dies  Share it »

1498  On this day in history death of girolamo Savonarola, dictator of Florence (1494-98), hanged at 45  Share it »

1523  Death of Ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shogun (b. 1466) on this day in history.  Share it »

1524  Death of Ismail I, Shah of Persia (b. 1487) on this day in history.  Share it »

1568  On this day in history adolf van Nassau, German son of Willem the Rich, dies in battle at 27  Share it »