Famous Personalities Born In May - 02

1360  On this day in history 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 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  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 May - 02.   

1695  On this day in history birth of giovanni Niccolo Servandoni, Italian-born architect (d. 1766)   

1702  On this day in history birth of friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (d. 1782)   

1729  On this day in history birth of catherine II, the Great, empress of Russia (1762-96)   

1729  Florian Johann Deller, composer was born on May - 02.   

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 this day in history.   

1750  On May - 02 birth of john André, British Army officer of the American Revolutionary War (d. 1780)   

1752  Ludwig August Lebrun, composer was born on May - 02.   

1754  On this day in history birth of vicente Martin y Soler, composer   

1768  On this day in history birth of jean-Louis M Alibert, French dermatologist   

1772  Novalis, writer was born on this day in history.   

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  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  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  On this day in history birth of désiré Charnay, French archaeologist (d. 1915)   

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 May - 02.   

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  On May - 02 birth of eugene D'Harcourt, composer   

1859  Jerome Klapka Jerome, English writer (d. 1927) was born on May - 02.   

1860  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history death of boris I of Bulgaria   

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

1250  Death of Toeransa, sultan of Egypt, murdered on May - 02.   

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.