Famous Birthdays In May - 02

1360  On this day in history birth of yongle, Emperor of China (d. 1424)  

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  On May - 02 birth of william Camden, English historian (Brittania, Annales)  

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  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  William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1805) was born on this day in history.  

1740  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.  

1772  On May - 02 birth of novalis, writer  

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 this day in history.  

1810  On this day in history birth of hans Christian Lumbye, composer  

1810  Leo XIII, 257th Roman Catholic pope (1878-1903) was born on this day in history.  

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

1821  On May - 02 birth of abram Sanders Piatt, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1908  

1828  On May - 02 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  Elijah McCoy, black inventor, held over 50 patents was born on this day in history.  

1846  Zygmunt Noskowski, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

1859  On this day in history 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  On May - 02 maruta of Tagrit, theology/1st mafriaan Jakobitische church, dies  

0756  On May - 02 death of emperor Shōmu, Emperor of Japan (b. 701)  

0907  On May - 02 death of boris I of Bulgaria  

1230  Death of William de Braose, Lord of Abergavenny (b. 1197) on this day in history.  

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  Death of William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English military leader (b. 1396) on this day in history.