Famous Personalities Born In May - 02

1360  On this day in history birth of yongle, Emperor of China (d. 1424)   

1451  On May - 02 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 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  Giovanni Niccolo Servandoni, Italian-born architect (d. 1766) was born on May - 02.   

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  William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1805) was born on May - 02.   

1740  Elias Boudinot, lawyer/patriot, found Amer Biblical Society was born on May - 02.   

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

1779  John Galt, Scotland, novelist (Ayrshire Legatees, Lawrie Todd) was born on this day in history.   

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  On May - 02 birth of zikmund Michal Kolesovsky, composer   

1821  On May - 02 birth of abram Sanders Piatt, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1908   

1828  On May - 02 birth of désiré Charnay, French archaeologist (d. 1915)   

1837  On this day in history 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 May - 02.   

1846  On May - 02 birth of zygmunt Noskowski, composer   

1853  On May - 02 birth of marie Verstraete, actress (Louise-Frou Frou)   

1855  Theodore Moses Tobani, composer was born on May - 02.   

1857  On May - 02 birth of frederic Cliffe, composer   

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  D'Arcy Thompson, zoologist/classicist (On Growth & Form) was born on this day in history.   

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0373  On May - 02 death of athanasius, Patriarch of Alexandria (b. 298)   

0649  On May - 02 maruta of Tagrit, theology/1st mafriaan Jakobitische church, dies   

0756  On May - 02 death of emperor Shōmu, Emperor of Japan (b. 701)   

0907  Death of Boris I of Bulgaria on May - 02.   

1230  On this day in history death of william de Braose, Lord of Abergavenny (b. 1197)   

1250  On May - 02 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 this day in history.