Famous Birthdays In May - 02

1360  Yongle, Emperor of China (d. 1424) was born on May - 02.  

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

1458  Leonor of Viseu, queen of Portugal (d. 1525) was born on May - 02.  

1551  On May - 02 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 this day in history.  

1695  On May - 02 birth of giovanni Niccolo Servandoni, Italian-born architect (d. 1766)  

1702  On May - 02 birth of friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (d. 1782)  

1729  Catherine II, the Great, empress of Russia (1762-96) was born on May - 02.  

1729  On May - 02 birth of florian Johann Deller, composer  

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  On May - 02 birth of john André, British Army officer of the American Revolutionary War (d. 1780)  

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

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

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

1772  On this day in history birth of novalis, writer  

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  Hans Christian Lumbye, composer was born on this day in history.  

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  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  Elijah McCoy, black inventor, held over 50 patents was born on this day in history.  

1846  On this day in history birth of zygmunt Noskowski, composer  

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  Frederic Cliffe, composer was born on May - 02.  

1859  Eugene D'Harcourt, composer was born on May - 02.  

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

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

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

0907  On this day in history death of boris I of Bulgaria  

1230  On May - 02 death of william de Braose, Lord of Abergavenny (b. 1197)  

1250  On May - 02 death of toeransa, sultan of Egypt, murdered  

1300  Death of Blanche of Artois, regent of Navarre (b. 1248) on this day in history.  

1450  On this day in history death of william de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English military leader (b. 1396)