Famous Birthdays In May - 02

1360  Yongle, Emperor of China (d. 1424) was born on May - 02.  

1451  René II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1508) was born on this day in history.  

1458  On May - 02 birth of leonor of Viseu, queen of Portugal (d. 1525)  

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

1702  On May - 02 birth of friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (d. 1782)  

1729  Catherine II, the Great, empress of Russia (1762-96) was born on this day in history.  

1729  On May - 02 birth of florian Johann Deller, composer  

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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  On May - 02 birth of ludwig August Lebrun, composer  

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

1768  On May - 02 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  On this day in history birth of john Galt, Scotland, novelist (Ayrshire Legatees, Lawrie Todd)  

1810  Hans Christian Lumbye, composer was born on May - 02.  

1810  Leo XIII, 257th Roman Catholic pope (1878-1903) was born on this day in history.  

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

1821  On this day in history birth of abram Sanders Piatt, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1908  

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

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

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  On May - 02 birth of jerome Klapka Jerome, English writer (d. 1927)  

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 this day in history.  

0649  Maruta of Tagrit, theology/1st mafriaan Jakobitische church, dies on May - 02.  

0756  Death of Emperor Shōmu, Emperor of Japan (b. 701) on this day in history.  

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

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  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.