Famous Birthdays In May - 02

1360  On May - 02 birth of yongle, Emperor of China (d. 1424)  

1451  On May - 02 birth of rené II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1508)  

1458  Leonor of Viseu, queen of Portugal (d. 1525) was born on May - 02.  

1551  William Camden, English historian (Brittania, Annales) was born on this day in history.  

1601  On May - 02 birth of athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit/inventor (magic lantern)  

1660  Pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti, Palermo Italy, composer (Tigrane) was born on this day in history.  

1695  On this day in history birth of giovanni Niccolo Servandoni, Italian-born architect (d. 1766)  

1702  Friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (d. 1782) was born on this day in history.  

1729  Catherine II, the Great, empress of Russia (1762-96) was born on May - 02.  

1729  Florian Johann Deller, composer was born on this day in history.  

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1737  On May - 02 birth of william Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1805)  

1740  On May - 02 birth of elias Boudinot, lawyer/patriot, found Amer Biblical Society  

1750  On this day in history birth of john André, British Army officer of the American Revolutionary War (d. 1780)  

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  Novalis, writer was born on this day in history.  

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  Hans Christian Lumbye, composer was born on May - 02.  

1810  On May - 02 birth of leo XIII, 257th Roman Catholic pope (1878-1903)  

1817  Zikmund Michal Kolesovsky, composer was born on this day in history.  

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  On May - 02 birth of elijah McCoy, black inventor, held over 50 patents  

1846  On May - 02 birth of zygmunt Noskowski, composer  

1853  Marie Verstraete, actress (Louise-Frou Frou) was born on May - 02.  

1855  Theodore Moses Tobani, composer was born on this day in history.  

1857  Frederic Cliffe, composer was born on May - 02.  

1859  On May - 02 birth of eugene D'Harcourt, composer  

1859  On May - 02 birth of jerome Klapka Jerome, English writer (d. 1927)  

1860  D'Arcy Thompson, zoologist/classicist (On Growth & Form) was born on May - 02.  

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0373  Death of Athanasius, Patriarch of Alexandria (b. 298) on this day in history.  

0649  Maruta of Tagrit, theology/1st mafriaan Jakobitische church, dies on this day in history.  

0756  On this day in history death of emperor Shōmu, Emperor of Japan (b. 701)  

0907  Death of Boris I of Bulgaria on May - 02.  

1230  Death of William de Braose, Lord of Abergavenny (b. 1197) on May - 02.  

1250  On May - 02 death of toeransa, sultan of Egypt, murdered  

1300  On this day in history death of blanche of Artois, regent of Navarre (b. 1248)  

1450  Death of William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English military leader (b. 1396) on May - 02.