Famous Birthdays In May - 02

1360  Yongle, Emperor of China (d. 1424) was born on May - 02.  

1451  René II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1508) was born on May - 02.  

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  On May - 02 birth of pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti, Palermo Italy, composer (Tigrane)  

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 May - 02.  

1729  On May - 02 birth of catherine II, the Great, empress of Russia (1762-96)  

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

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1737  William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1805) was born on May - 02.  

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

1750  John André, British Army officer of the American Revolutionary War (d. 1780) was born on May - 02.  

1752  On this day in history birth of ludwig August Lebrun, composer  

1754  Vicente Martin y Soler, composer was born on this day in history.  

1768  Jean-Louis M Alibert, French dermatologist was born on this day in history.  

1772  On this day in history birth of novalis, writer  

1773  Henrik Steffens, Norwegian philosopher (d. 1845) was born on May - 02.  

1779  On May - 02 birth of john Galt, Scotland, novelist (Ayrshire Legatees, Lawrie Todd)  

1810  Hans Christian Lumbye, composer was born on May - 02.  

1810  On this day in history birth of leo XIII, 257th Roman Catholic pope (1878-1903)  

1817  On May - 02 birth of zikmund Michal Kolesovsky, composer  

1821  Abram Sanders Piatt, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1908 was born on this day in history.  

1828  Désiré Charnay, French archaeologist (d. 1915) was born on May - 02.  

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 this day in history birth of elijah McCoy, black inventor, held over 50 patents  

1846  On May - 02 birth of zygmunt Noskowski, composer  

1853  On this day in history birth of marie Verstraete, actress (Louise-Frou Frou)  

1855  On this day in history birth of theodore Moses Tobani, composer  

1857  Frederic Cliffe, composer was born on this day in history.  

1859  Eugene D'Harcourt, composer was born on this day in history.  

1859  Jerome Klapka Jerome, English writer (d. 1927) was born on this day in history.  

1860  On this day in history birth of d'Arcy Thompson, zoologist/classicist (On Growth & Form)  

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0373  On this day in history death of athanasius, Patriarch of Alexandria (b. 298)  

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

0756  Death of Emperor Shōmu, Emperor of Japan (b. 701) on this day in history.  

0907  On May - 02 death of boris I of Bulgaria  

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

1250  Death of Toeransa, sultan of Egypt, murdered on May - 02.  

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

1450  On May - 02 death of william de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English military leader (b. 1396)