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  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  On May - 02 birth of giovanni Niccolo Servandoni, Italian-born architect (d. 1766)   

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 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 this day in history.   

1752  On this day in history birth of ludwig August Lebrun, composer   

1754  Vicente Martin y Soler, composer was born on this day in history.   

1768  Jean-Louis M Alibert, French dermatologist was born on this day in history.   

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  John Galt, Scotland, novelist (Ayrshire Legatees, Lawrie Todd) was born on May - 02.   

1810  On May - 02 birth of hans Christian Lumbye, composer   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

1837  On this day in history birth of henry Martyn Robert, parliamentarian (Robert's Rules of Order)   

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

1844  On this day in history 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 May - 02.   

1857  Frederic Cliffe, composer was born on May - 02.   

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

0756  Death of Emperor Shōmu, Emperor of Japan (b. 701) on May - 02.   

0907  On May - 02 death of boris I of Bulgaria   

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  Death of Blanche of Artois, regent of Navarre (b. 1248) on May - 02.   

1450  On May - 02 death of william de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English military leader (b. 1396)