Famous Birthdays In May - 02

1360  On May - 02 birth of yongle, Emperor of China (d. 1424)  

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  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 May - 02 birth of florian Johann Deller, composer  

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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  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 May - 02 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 May - 02.  

1773  On May - 02 birth of henrik Steffens, Norwegian philosopher (d. 1845)  

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

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  Henry Martyn Robert, parliamentarian (Robert's Rules of Order) was born on May - 02.  

1843  On this day in history birth of carl Michael Ziehrer, composer  

1844  Elijah McCoy, black inventor, held over 50 patents was born on May - 02.  

1846  On May - 02 birth of zygmunt Noskowski, composer  

1853  Marie Verstraete, actress (Louise-Frou Frou) was born on this day in history.  

1855  On this day in history birth of theodore Moses Tobani, composer  

1857  Frederic Cliffe, composer was born on May - 02.  

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 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 May - 02.  

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  On this day in history death of boris I of Bulgaria  

1230  Death of William de Braose, Lord of Abergavenny (b. 1197) on this day in history.  

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