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

1660  On May - 02 birth of pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti, Palermo Italy, composer (Tigrane)   

1695  On this day in history 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  Florian Johann Deller, composer was born on this day in history.   

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  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  Vicente Martin y Soler, composer was born on May - 02.   

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

1772  On May - 02 birth of novalis, writer   

1773  Henrik Steffens, Norwegian philosopher (d. 1845) was born on this day in history.   

1779  John Galt, Scotland, novelist (Ayrshire Legatees, Lawrie Todd) was born on May - 02.   

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 this day in history.   

1821  Abram Sanders Piatt, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1908 was born on May - 02.   

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 May - 02.   

1843  Carl Michael Ziehrer, composer was born on this day in history.   

1844  On May - 02 birth of elijah McCoy, black inventor, held over 50 patents   

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

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  D'Arcy Thompson, zoologist/classicist (On Growth & Form) was born on May - 02.   

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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  On May - 02 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 this day in history.   

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

1300  Death of Blanche of Artois, regent of Navarre (b. 1248) on May - 02.   

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