Famous Birthdays In May - 02

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

1451  On this day in history birth of rené II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1508)  

1458  Leonor of Viseu, queen of Portugal (d. 1525) was born on this day in history.  

1551  On this day in history birth of william Camden, English historian (Brittania, Annales)  

1601  On May - 02 birth of athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit/inventor (magic lantern)  

1660  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history birth of john André, British Army officer of the American Revolutionary War (d. 1780)  

1752  On this day in history birth of ludwig August Lebrun, composer  

1754  Vicente Martin y Soler, composer was born on May - 02.  

1768  On May - 02 birth of jean-Louis M Alibert, French dermatologist  

1772  On this day in history birth of novalis, writer  

1773  On this day in history birth of henrik Steffens, Norwegian philosopher (d. 1845)  

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  On this day in history birth of leo XIII, 257th Roman Catholic pope (1878-1903)  

1817  On May - 02 birth of zikmund Michal Kolesovsky, composer  

1821  Abram Sanders Piatt, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1908 was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1855  On this day in history birth of theodore Moses Tobani, composer  

1857  Frederic Cliffe, composer was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history birth of d'Arcy Thompson, zoologist/classicist (On Growth & Form)  

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0373  On this day in history death of athanasius, Patriarch of Alexandria (b. 298)  

0649  Maruta of Tagrit, theology/1st mafriaan Jakobitische church, dies on this day in history.  

0756  On this day in history 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  Death of Toeransa, sultan of Egypt, murdered on this day in history.  

1300  On May - 02 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 this day in history.