Famous Birthdays In May - 02

1360  Yongle, Emperor of China (d. 1424) was born on May - 02.   

1451  On May - 02 birth of rené II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1508)   

1458  On May - 02 birth of leonor of Viseu, queen of Portugal (d. 1525)   

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

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 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  Catherine II, the Great, empress of Russia (1762-96) was born on May - 02.   

1729  On this day in history birth of florian Johann Deller, composer   

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  John André, British Army officer of the American Revolutionary War (d. 1780) was born on this day in history.   

1752  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of novalis, writer   

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

1779  On May - 02 birth of john Galt, Scotland, novelist (Ayrshire Legatees, Lawrie Todd)   

1810  On this day in history birth of hans Christian Lumbye, composer   

1810  On May - 02 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 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 May - 02.   

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

1846  Zygmunt Noskowski, composer was born on this day in history.   

1853  Marie Verstraete, actress (Louise-Frou Frou) was born on May - 02.   

1855  On May - 02 birth of theodore Moses Tobani, composer   

1857  Frederic Cliffe, composer was born on May - 02.   

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 May - 02.   

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 May - 02.   

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  Death of William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English military leader (b. 1396) on this day in history.