Famous Birthdays In May - 02

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

1451  René II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1508) was born on this day in history.  

1458  On this day in history birth of leonor of Viseu, queen of Portugal (d. 1525)  

1551  On this day in history birth of william Camden, English historian (Brittania, Annales)  

1601  On this day in history birth of athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit/inventor (magic lantern)  

1660  Pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti, Palermo Italy, composer (Tigrane) was born on May - 02.  

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 this day in history.  

1729  On this day in history birth of florian Johann Deller, composer  

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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  John André, British Army officer of the American Revolutionary War (d. 1780) was born on this day in history.  

1752  Ludwig August Lebrun, composer was born on May - 02.  

1754  Vicente Martin y Soler, composer was born on May - 02.  

1768  Jean-Louis M Alibert, French dermatologist was born on May - 02.  

1772  Novalis, writer was born on this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history birth of zikmund Michal Kolesovsky, composer  

1821  On this day in history birth of abram Sanders Piatt, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1908  

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

1837  Henry Martyn Robert, parliamentarian (Robert's Rules of Order) was born on May - 02.  

1843  Carl Michael Ziehrer, composer was born on May - 02.  

1844  Elijah McCoy, black inventor, held over 50 patents was born on May - 02.  

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

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 this day in history.  

1859  On this day in history birth of eugene D'Harcourt, composer  

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

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

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0373  On May - 02 death of athanasius, Patriarch of Alexandria (b. 298)  

0649  On May - 02 maruta of Tagrit, theology/1st mafriaan Jakobitische church, dies  

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

0907  On this day in history 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 May - 02.