Famous Birthdays In May - 05

0867  Uda, Emperor of Japan (d. 931) was born on this day in history.   

1210  On May - 05 birth of king Afonso III of Portugal (d. 1279)   

1352  Ruprecht, Roman catholic German king was born on this day in history.   

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

1546  On this day in history birth of thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, English politician (d. 1623)   

1557  On this day in history birth of emmanuel-Philibert van Lalaing, baron of Montigny/marquis of Renty   

1635  On May - 05 birth of philippe Quinault, French playwright (L'amant indiscret)   

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

1680  On May - 05 birth of giuseppe Porsile, composer   

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

1747  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of louis Hachette, French publisher (Librairie Hachette)   

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

1813  On May - 05 birth of søren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher (d. 1855)   

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

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  Stanislaw Moniuszko, Polish composer was born on May - 05.   

1823  On May - 05 birth of james Allen Hardie, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1876   

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

1830  On May - 05 birth of john Batterson Stetson, American hat manufacturer (d. 1906)   

1832  On this day in history birth of h H Bancroft, historian, publisher (History of Pacific States)   

1833  Ferdinand von Richthofen, German geographer/explorer was born on this day in history.   

1834  On May - 05 birth of viktor Hartmann, Russian architect and painter (d. 1873)   

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  Federico Chueca, composer was born on May - 05.   

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

1854  Antonio Smareglia, composer was born on May - 05.   

1862  On this day in history birth of max Elskamp, Belgian author/poet (Lesson Joies Blondes, Maya)   

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0200  On May - 05 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  Alfonso V, King of Leon/Galicia (999-1028), dies in battle on May - 05.   

1194  On May - 05 kazimierz II, the Justified, grand duke of Poland (1177-94), dies   

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

1309  Charles II, the Lame, King of Naples (1285-1309), dies on this day in history.   

1504  Anton of Burgundy, the Great Bastard, knight, dies at about 82 on May - 05.