Famous Personalities Born In May - 02

1360  Yongle, Emperor of China (d. 1424) was born on this day in history.   

1451  René II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1508) was born on May - 02.   

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 May - 02 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 this day in history.   

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  On this day in history 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  On May - 02 birth of ludwig August Lebrun, composer   

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

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

1772  Novalis, writer was born on May - 02.   

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  Hans Christian Lumbye, composer was born on this day in history.   

1810  On this day in history birth of leo XIII, 257th Roman Catholic pope (1878-1903)   

1817  On this day in history birth of zikmund Michal Kolesovsky, composer   

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

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  On May - 02 birth of carl Michael Ziehrer, composer   

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

1846  On May - 02 birth of zygmunt Noskowski, composer   

1853  On this day in history birth of marie Verstraete, actress (Louise-Frou Frou)   

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

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  D'Arcy Thompson, zoologist/classicist (On Growth & Form) was born on May - 02.   

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

0649  On this day in history maruta of Tagrit, theology/1st mafriaan Jakobitische church, dies   

0756  Death of Emperor Shōmu, Emperor of Japan (b. 701) on May - 02.   

0907  On May - 02 death of boris I of Bulgaria   

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  Death of Blanche of Artois, regent of Navarre (b. 1248) on this day in history.   

1450  Death of William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English military leader (b. 1396) on this day in history.