Famous Birthdays 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  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.  

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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)  

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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  Death of Emperor Shōmu, Emperor of Japan (b. 701) on this day in history.  

0907  On May - 02 death of boris I of Bulgaria  

1230  Death of William de Braose, Lord of Abergavenny (b. 1197) on May - 02.  

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

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.