Famous Birthdays In May - 02
Wednesday, 08 February 2023
1360 Yongle, Emperor of China (d. 1424) was born on this day in history.
1451 On May - 02 birth of rené II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1508)
1458 On this day in history birth of leonor of Viseu, queen of Portugal (d. 1525)
1551 William Camden, English historian (Brittania, Annales) was born on this day in history.
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 On May - 02 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 On May - 02 birth of catherine II, the Great, empress of Russia (1762-96)
1729 On May - 02 birth of florian Johann Deller, composer
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 John André, British Army officer of the American Revolutionary War (d. 1780) was born on May - 02.
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 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 May - 02.
1810 On this day in history birth of hans Christian Lumbye, composer
1810 Leo XIII, 257th Roman Catholic pope (1878-1903) was born on May - 02.
1817 On this day in history birth of zikmund Michal Kolesovsky, composer
1821 On May - 02 birth of abram Sanders Piatt, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1908
1828 Désiré Charnay, French archaeologist (d. 1915) was born on this day in history.
1837 On May - 02 birth of henry Martyn Robert, parliamentarian (Robert's Rules of Order)
1843 Carl Michael Ziehrer, composer was born on May - 02.
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 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 D'Arcy Thompson, zoologist/classicist (On Growth & Form) was born on this day in history.