Famous Birthdays In May - 02
Tuesday, 06 June 2023
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.