Famous Birthdays In May - 05

0867  On this day in history birth of uda, Emperor of Japan (d. 931)  

1210  King Afonso III of Portugal (d. 1279) was born on May - 05.  

1352  On this day in history birth of ruprecht, Roman catholic German king  

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

1546  Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, English politician (d. 1623) was born on May - 05.  

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

1635  Philippe Quinault, French playwright (L'amant indiscret) was born on May - 05.  

1657  On May - 05 birth of jacques Danican Philidor, composer  

1680  On May - 05 birth of giuseppe Porsile, composer  

1715  On May - 05 birth of daniel Dal Barba, composer  

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

1749  On this day in history birth of jean-Frederic Edelmann, composer  

1764  Robert Craufurd, British general (d. 1812) was born on May - 05.  

1800  On May - 05 birth of louis Hachette, French publisher (Librairie Hachette)  

1804  On this day in history birth of jacob Kats, Flemish writer (Earthly Paradise)  

1813  On this day in history birth of søren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher (d. 1855)  

1815  Eugene-Marin Labiche, French playwright was born on May - 05.  

1817  George Washington Julian, MC (Union), died in 1899 was born on this day in history.  

1818  Karl Marx, philosopher (Communist Manifesto, Das Kapital) was born on May - 05.  

1819  On May - 05 birth of stanislaw Moniuszko, Polish composer  

1823  James Allen Hardie, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1876 was born on this day in history.  

1826  Eugenie M de Montijo y de Guzman, Empress of France was born on May - 05.  

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  Ferdinand von Richthofen, German geographer/explorer was born on this day in history.  

1834  Viktor Hartmann, Russian architect and painter (d. 1873) was born on May - 05.  

1835  On May - 05 birth of leopold II, Belgian crown prince, baptized  

1842  On this day in history birth of johann Nepomuk Fuchs, composer  

1846  Federico Chueca, composer was born on this day in history.  

1846  Henryk Sienkiewicz, Poland, author (Quo Vadis, Nobel 1905) was born on this day in history.  

1848  On May - 05 birth of adalbert von Goldschmidt, composer  

1849  Hambletonian, Chester NY, greatest standardbred horse was born on this day in history.  

1854  Antonio Smareglia, composer was born on this day in history.  

1862  Max Elskamp, Belgian author/poet (Lesson Joies Blondes, Maya) was born on this day in history.  

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0200  Death of Sun Ce, warlord of the Han Dynasty (b. 175) on this day in history.  

0311  On May - 05 gaius VM Galerius, emperor of Rome, dies at about 50  

0984  On this day in history death of gerberga of Saxony, Queen of Western Francia  

1028  On this day in history alfonso V, King of Leon/Galicia (999-1028), dies in battle  

1194  Kazimierz II, the Justified, grand duke of Poland (1177-94), dies on May - 05.  

1219  Death of King Leo II of Armenia (b. 1150) on this day in history.  

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

1504  On May - 05 anton of Burgundy, the Great Bastard, knight, dies at about 82