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

1479  On this day in history 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 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  Jacques Danican Philidor, composer was born on May - 05.  

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

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

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

1815  On May - 05 birth of eugene-Marin Labiche, French playwright  

1817  George Washington Julian, MC (Union), died in 1899 was born on May - 05.  

1818  On May - 05 birth of karl Marx, philosopher (Communist Manifesto, Das Kapital)  

1819  On this day in history birth of stanislaw Moniuszko, Polish composer  

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  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 this day in history.  

1833  Ferdinand von Richthofen, German geographer/explorer was born on May - 05.  

1834  On this day in history birth of viktor Hartmann, Russian architect and painter (d. 1873)  

1835  On this day in history birth of leopold II, Belgian crown prince, baptized  

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

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

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

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

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

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

1862  On May - 05 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 this day in history.  

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  On this day in history kazimierz II, the Justified, grand duke of Poland (1177-94), dies  

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

1309  Charles II, the Lame, King of Naples (1285-1309), dies on May - 05.  

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