Famous Birthdays In May - 02
Tuesday, 20 April 2021
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 On this day in history birth of leonor of Viseu, queen of Portugal (d. 1525)
1551 On May - 02 birth of william Camden, English historian (Brittania, Annales)
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 On this day in history birth of giovanni Niccolo Servandoni, Italian-born architect (d. 1766)
1702 Friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (d. 1782) was born on this day in history.
1729 Catherine II, the Great, empress of Russia (1762-96) was born on this day in history.
1729 Florian Johann Deller, composer was born on this day in history.
1737 On May - 02 birth of william Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1805)
1740 On May - 02 birth of elias Boudinot, lawyer/patriot, found Amer Biblical Society
1750 John André, British Army officer of the American Revolutionary War (d. 1780) was born on May - 02.
1752 On this day in history birth of ludwig August Lebrun, composer
1754 On this day in history birth of vicente Martin y Soler, composer
1768 Jean-Louis M Alibert, French dermatologist was born on May - 02.
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 Hans Christian Lumbye, composer was born on this day in history.
1810 Leo XIII, 257th Roman Catholic pope (1878-1903) was born on this day in history.
1817 Zikmund Michal Kolesovsky, composer was born on this day in history.
1821 On May - 02 birth of abram Sanders Piatt, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1908
1828 Désiré Charnay, French archaeologist (d. 1915) was born on May - 02.
1837 On May - 02 birth of henry Martyn Robert, parliamentarian (Robert's Rules of Order)
1843 Carl Michael Ziehrer, composer was born on this day in history.
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 On this day in history birth of marie Verstraete, actress (Louise-Frou Frou)
1855 On this day in history birth of theodore Moses Tobani, composer
1857 On this day in history birth of frederic Cliffe, composer
1859 Eugene D'Harcourt, composer was born on May - 02.
1859 On this day in history birth of jerome Klapka Jerome, English writer (d. 1927)
1860 On May - 02 birth of d'Arcy Thompson, zoologist/classicist (On Growth & Form)