Famous Birthdays In May - 02

1360  On this day in history birth of yongle, Emperor of China (d. 1424)  

1451  René II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1508) was born on May - 02.  

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

1551  William Camden, English historian (Brittania, Annales) was born on this day in history.  

1601  On May - 02 birth of athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit/inventor (magic lantern)  

1660  On this day in history 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  Friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (d. 1782) was born on May - 02.  

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 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 May - 02 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  On May - 02 birth of novalis, writer  

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 May - 02 birth of hans Christian Lumbye, composer  

1810  On this day in history birth of leo XIII, 257th Roman Catholic pope (1878-1903)  

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  Henry Martyn Robert, parliamentarian (Robert's Rules of Order) was born on this day in history.  

1843  Carl Michael Ziehrer, composer was born on May - 02.  

1844  Elijah McCoy, black inventor, held over 50 patents was born on this day in history.  

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  On May - 02 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 May - 02.  

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  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  On May - 02 death of boris I of Bulgaria  

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

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 May - 02.