Famous Personalities Born 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 May - 02.   

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  Giovanni Niccolo Servandoni, Italian-born architect (d. 1766) was born on this day in history.   

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 May - 02.   

1740  On May - 02 birth of elias Boudinot, lawyer/patriot, found Amer Biblical Society   

1750  On this day in history birth of john André, British Army officer of the American Revolutionary War (d. 1780)   

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

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

1768  On this day in history 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  On May - 02 birth of leo XIII, 257th Roman Catholic pope (1878-1903)   

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  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  Carl Michael Ziehrer, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1853  On May - 02 birth of marie Verstraete, actress (Louise-Frou Frou)   

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

1857  On May - 02 birth of frederic Cliffe, composer   

1859  On this day in history birth of eugene D'Harcourt, composer   

1859  On May - 02 birth of jerome Klapka Jerome, English writer (d. 1927)   

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

0756  On this day in history death of emperor Shōmu, Emperor of Japan (b. 701)   

0907  On this day in history 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  On May - 02 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.