Famous Birthdays In May - 02

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

1451  On this day in history birth of rené II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1508)  

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 this day in history.  

1601  Athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit/inventor (magic lantern) was born on this day in history.  

1660  Pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti, Palermo Italy, composer (Tigrane) was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history birth of catherine II, the Great, empress of Russia (1762-96)  

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 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 this day in history.  

1752  On May - 02 birth of ludwig August Lebrun, composer  

1754  On this day in history birth of vicente Martin y Soler, composer  

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

1772  On this day in history birth of novalis, writer  

1773  On this day in history birth of henrik Steffens, Norwegian philosopher (d. 1845)  

1779  On this day in history birth of john Galt, Scotland, novelist (Ayrshire Legatees, Lawrie Todd)  

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

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 May - 02.  

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 May - 02.  

1843  On May - 02 birth of carl Michael Ziehrer, composer  

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 this day in history.  

1855  Theodore Moses Tobani, composer was born on May - 02.  

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 May - 02 birth of d'Arcy Thompson, zoologist/classicist (On Growth & Form)  

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0373  Death of Athanasius, Patriarch of Alexandria (b. 298) on this day in history.  

0649  On this day in history maruta of Tagrit, theology/1st mafriaan Jakobitische church, dies  

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

0907  Death of Boris I of Bulgaria on May - 02.  

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

1250  Death of Toeransa, sultan of Egypt, murdered on this day in history.  

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.