Famous Birthdays In May - 02
Tuesday, 19 March 2024
1360 Yongle, Emperor of China (d. 1424) was born on this day in history.
1451 René II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1508) was born on this day in history.
1458 Leonor of Viseu, queen of Portugal (d. 1525) was born on this day in history.
1551 William Camden, English historian (Brittania, Annales) was born on May - 02.
1601 Athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit/inventor (magic lantern) was born on this day in history.
1660 On May - 02 birth of pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti, Palermo Italy, composer (Tigrane)
1695 Giovanni Niccolo Servandoni, Italian-born architect (d. 1766) was born on May - 02.
1702 On May - 02 birth of friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (d. 1782)
1729 On this day in history birth of catherine II, the Great, empress of Russia (1762-96)
1729 Florian Johann Deller, composer was born on May - 02.
1737 On this day in history birth of william Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1805)
1740 Elias Boudinot, lawyer/patriot, found Amer Biblical Society was born on May - 02.
1750 On May - 02 birth of john André, British Army officer of the American Revolutionary War (d. 1780)
1752 On May - 02 birth of ludwig August Lebrun, composer
1754 Vicente Martin y Soler, composer was born on May - 02.
1768 Jean-Louis M Alibert, French dermatologist was born on May - 02.
1772 On May - 02 birth of novalis, writer
1773 On May - 02 birth of henrik Steffens, Norwegian philosopher (d. 1845)
1779 On May - 02 birth of john Galt, Scotland, novelist (Ayrshire Legatees, Lawrie Todd)
1810 On May - 02 birth of hans Christian Lumbye, composer
1810 On May - 02 birth of leo XIII, 257th Roman Catholic pope (1878-1903)
1817 On this day in history birth of zikmund Michal Kolesovsky, composer
1821 Abram Sanders Piatt, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1908 was born on May - 02.
1828 On this day in history birth of désiré Charnay, French archaeologist (d. 1915)
1837 Henry Martyn Robert, parliamentarian (Robert's Rules of Order) was born on this day in history.
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 this day in history birth of zygmunt Noskowski, composer
1853 Marie Verstraete, actress (Louise-Frou Frou) was born on this day in history.
1855 Theodore Moses Tobani, composer was born on this day in history.
1857 On May - 02 birth of frederic Cliffe, composer
1859 Eugene D'Harcourt, composer was born on this day in history.
1859 On this day in history birth of jerome Klapka Jerome, English writer (d. 1927)
1860 On this day in history birth of d'Arcy Thompson, zoologist/classicist (On Growth & Form)