Famous Birthdays In May - 02

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

1451  On May - 02 birth of rené II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1508)  

1458  On this day in history 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  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 May - 02 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  On May - 02 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 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  On this day in history birth of vicente Martin y Soler, composer  

1768  Jean-Louis M Alibert, French dermatologist was born on this day in history.  

1772  On May - 02 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  Leo XIII, 257th Roman Catholic pope (1878-1903) was born on May - 02.  

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  Désiré Charnay, French archaeologist (d. 1915) was born on this day in history.  

1837  On May - 02 birth of henry Martyn Robert, parliamentarian (Robert's Rules of Order)  

1843  Carl Michael Ziehrer, composer was born on May - 02.  

1844  On May - 02 birth of elijah McCoy, black inventor, held over 50 patents  

1846  On May - 02 birth of zygmunt Noskowski, composer  

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

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 this day in history.  

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

1860  D'Arcy Thompson, zoologist/classicist (On Growth & Form) was born on this day in history.  

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

1450  On May - 02 death of william de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English military leader (b. 1396)