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

1551  William Camden, English historian (Brittania, Annales) was born on May - 02.  

1601  On May - 02 birth of athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit/inventor (magic lantern)  

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

1729  On May - 02 birth of catherine II, the Great, empress of Russia (1762-96)  

1729  On this day in history birth of florian Johann Deller, composer  

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1737  William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1805) was born on this day in history.  

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

1772  Novalis, writer was born on May - 02.  

1773  On this day in history birth of henrik Steffens, Norwegian philosopher (d. 1845)  

1779  On May - 02 birth of john Galt, Scotland, novelist (Ayrshire Legatees, Lawrie Todd)  

1810  On May - 02 birth of hans Christian Lumbye, composer  

1810  On May - 02 birth of leo XIII, 257th Roman Catholic pope (1878-1903)  

1817  On May - 02 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  Carl Michael Ziehrer, composer was born on May - 02.  

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

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

1857  On May - 02 birth of frederic Cliffe, composer  

1859  Eugene D'Harcourt, composer was born on this day in history.  

1859  On this day in history birth of jerome Klapka Jerome, English writer (d. 1927)  

1860  D'Arcy Thompson, zoologist/classicist (On Growth & Form) was born on May - 02.  

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0373  On this day in history death of athanasius, Patriarch of Alexandria (b. 298)  

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

0756  On May - 02 death of emperor Shōmu, Emperor of Japan (b. 701)  

0907  On this day in history death of boris I of Bulgaria  

1230  Death of William de Braose, Lord of Abergavenny (b. 1197) on May - 02.  

1250  On this day in history death of toeransa, sultan of Egypt, murdered  

1300  On this day in history death of blanche of Artois, regent of Navarre (b. 1248)  

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