Famous Birthdays In May - 02

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

1451  On May - 02 birth of rené II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1508)  

1458  On May - 02 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  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 this day in history birth of friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (d. 1782)  

1729  On May - 02 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 this day in history.  

1740  Elias Boudinot, lawyer/patriot, found Amer Biblical Society was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1754  On May - 02 birth of vicente Martin y Soler, composer  

1768  On May - 02 birth of jean-Louis M Alibert, French dermatologist  

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

1773  On May - 02 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 May - 02.  

1817  Zikmund Michal Kolesovsky, composer was born on May - 02.  

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  On this day in history birth of carl Michael Ziehrer, composer  

1844  On this day in history birth of elijah McCoy, black inventor, held over 50 patents  

1846  Zygmunt Noskowski, composer was born on May - 02.  

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

1855  On May - 02 birth of theodore Moses Tobani, composer  

1857  On this day in history birth of frederic Cliffe, composer  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

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

0907  Death of Boris I of Bulgaria on this day in history.  

1230  On this day in history death of william de Braose, Lord of Abergavenny (b. 1197)  

1250  On this day in history death of toeransa, sultan of Egypt, murdered  

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.