Famous Birthdays In May - 02

1360  On May - 02 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 May - 02.  

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  On May - 02 birth of catherine II, the Great, empress of Russia (1762-96)  

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  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  Ludwig August Lebrun, composer was born on May - 02.  

1754  Vicente Martin y Soler, composer was born on this day in history.  

1768  Jean-Louis M Alibert, French dermatologist was born on May - 02.  

1772  On May - 02 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  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  Abram Sanders Piatt, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1908 was born on May - 02.  

1828  Désiré Charnay, French archaeologist (d. 1915) was born on May - 02.  

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  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 this day in history.  

1855  Theodore Moses Tobani, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1859  Eugene D'Harcourt, composer was born on May - 02.  

1859  Jerome Klapka Jerome, English writer (d. 1927) was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history death of emperor Shōmu, Emperor of Japan (b. 701)  

0907  Death of Boris I of Bulgaria on this day in history.  

1230  On May - 02 death of william de Braose, Lord of Abergavenny (b. 1197)  

1250  On May - 02 death of toeransa, sultan of Egypt, murdered  

1300  Death of Blanche of Artois, regent of Navarre (b. 1248) on May - 02.  

1450  On this day in history death of william de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English military leader (b. 1396)