Famous Personalities Born In May - 03
Monday, 02 February 2026
1415 Cecily Neville, mother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (d. 1495) was born on May - 03. 

1428 On this day in history birth of pedro González de Mendoza, Spanish cardinal and statesman (d. 1495) 

1446 On May - 03 birth of margaretha, English princess/duchess of Bourgondie 

1446 On this day in history birth of margaret of York, wife of Charles I, Duke of Burgundy (d. 1503) 

1469 On May - 03 birth of niccolo Machiavelli, Italy, politician/writer (Prince) 

1514 On this day in history birth of bartholomaeus a Martyribus, [Fernandez], primate of Portugal 

1535 On May - 03 birth of alessandro "Agnolo" Allori, Italian painter/carpet designer 

1647 John A "Joannes" Antonides van der Goes, poet (Bellone aen bant) was born on this day in history. 

1649 On this day in history birth of johann Valentin Meder, composer 

1662 Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, German architect (d. 1736) was born on May - 03. 

1692 On May - 03 birth of jan J Mauricius, Dutch governor-general of Suriname (1742-51) 

1695 Henri Pitot, Italian-born French engineer (d. 1771) was born on May - 03. 

1708 On May - 03 birth of johann Adolph Scheibe, German music theroist/composer 

1713 Alexis Clairault, French mathematician (d. 1765) was born on this day in history. 

1729 On this day in history birth of florian Leopold Gassmann, composer 

1737 On this day in history birth of friedrich Schwindl, composer 

1742 On this day in history birth of jean-Baptiste Krumphultz, composer 

1744 On May - 03 birth of freidrich Wilhelm Weis, composer 

1752 On this day in history birth of braz Francisco de Lima, composer 

1761 On this day in history birth of august von Kotzebue, German dramatist (d. 1819) 

1764 Elisabeth PMH, princess of France/son of king Louis XVI was born on this day in history. 

1768 On this day in history birth of charles Tennant, Scottish chemist and industrialist (d. 1838) 

1773 On this day in history birth of giuseppe Acerbi, Italian traveller/nature investigator/diplomat 

1815 Hermanus W Witteveen, Dutch theologist was born on this day in history. 

1816 On this day in history birth of montgomery Cunningham Meigs, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union Army), died in 1892 

1819 On this day in history birth of nicola De Giosa, composer 

1826 On this day in history birth of charles XV Louis E, King of Sweden/Norway (1859-72)/poet 

1844 Edouard A Drumont, French anti-semitic journalist was born on this day in history. 

1844 Richard D'Oyly Carte, England, opera impresario (Ivanhoe) was born on this day in history. 

1849 On May - 03 birth of jacob Riis, Denmark, reporter (NY Tribune, NY Evening Sun) 

1849 On this day in history birth of bernhard von Bülow, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1929) 

1857 On this day in history birth of george Gore, American baseball player (d. 1933) 

1859 On May - 03 birth of andy Adams, US writer (Log of a Cowboy) 

1860 John Scott Haldane, Scottish physiologist (d. 1936) was born on May - 03. 

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