Famous Birthdays In May - 05

0867  Uda, Emperor of Japan (d. 931) was born on May - 05.  

1210  On this day in history birth of king Afonso III of Portugal (d. 1279)  

1352  On May - 05 birth of ruprecht, Roman catholic German king  

1479  On May - 05 birth of guru Amar Das, third Sikh Guru (d. 1574)  

1546  On May - 05 birth of thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, English politician (d. 1623)  

1557  On May - 05 birth of emmanuel-Philibert van Lalaing, baron of Montigny/marquis of Renty  

1635  On this day in history birth of philippe Quinault, French playwright (L'amant indiscret)  

1657  Jacques Danican Philidor, composer was born on May - 05.  

1680  Giuseppe Porsile, composer was born on this day in history.  

1715  Daniel Dal Barba, composer was born on this day in history.  

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1747  On May - 05 birth of leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1792)  

1749  Jean-Frederic Edelmann, composer was born on this day in history.  

1764  On May - 05 birth of robert Craufurd, British general (d. 1812)  

1800  Louis Hachette, French publisher (Librairie Hachette) was born on May - 05.  

1804  Jacob Kats, Flemish writer (Earthly Paradise) was born on this day in history.  

1813  Søren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher (d. 1855) was born on this day in history.  

1815  On this day in history birth of eugene-Marin Labiche, French playwright  

1817  On this day in history birth of george Washington Julian, MC (Union), died in 1899  

1818  Karl Marx, philosopher (Communist Manifesto, Das Kapital) was born on this day in history.  

1819  Stanislaw Moniuszko, Polish composer was born on this day in history.  

1823  James Allen Hardie, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1876 was born on May - 05.  

1826  On May - 05 birth of eugenie M de Montijo y de Guzman, Empress of France  

1830  John Batterson Stetson, American hat manufacturer (d. 1906) was born on May - 05.  

1832  H H Bancroft, historian, publisher (History of Pacific States) was born on May - 05.  

1833  On May - 05 birth of ferdinand von Richthofen, German geographer/explorer  

1834  Viktor Hartmann, Russian architect and painter (d. 1873) was born on this day in history.  

1835  Leopold II, Belgian crown prince, baptized was born on this day in history.  

1842  Johann Nepomuk Fuchs, composer was born on May - 05.  

1846  On this day in history birth of federico Chueca, composer  

1846  On May - 05 birth of henryk Sienkiewicz, Poland, author (Quo Vadis, Nobel 1905)  

1848  Adalbert von Goldschmidt, composer was born on this day in history.  

1849  On this day in history birth of hambletonian, Chester NY, greatest standardbred horse  

1854  On this day in history birth of antonio Smareglia, composer  

1862  On May - 05 birth of max Elskamp, Belgian author/poet (Lesson Joies Blondes, Maya)  

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0200  On this day in history death of sun Ce, warlord of the Han Dynasty (b. 175)  

0311  Gaius VM Galerius, emperor of Rome, dies at about 50 on May - 05.  

0984  Death of Gerberga of Saxony, Queen of Western Francia on May - 05.  

1028  On May - 05 alfonso V, King of Leon/Galicia (999-1028), dies in battle  

1194  Kazimierz II, the Justified, grand duke of Poland (1177-94), dies on this day in history.  

1219  Death of King Leo II of Armenia (b. 1150) on May - 05.  

1309  On this day in history charles II, the Lame, King of Naples (1285-1309), dies  

1504  Anton of Burgundy, the Great Bastard, knight, dies at about 82 on this day in history.