Famous Birthdays In May - 05

0867  On May - 05 birth of uda, Emperor of Japan (d. 931)  

1210  King Afonso III of Portugal (d. 1279) was born on this day in history.  

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

1479  Guru Amar Das, third Sikh Guru (d. 1574) was born on May - 05.  

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

1557  Emmanuel-Philibert van Lalaing, baron of Montigny/marquis of Renty was born on May - 05.  

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

1657  Jacques Danican Philidor, composer was born on this day in history.  

1680  On May - 05 birth of giuseppe Porsile, composer  

1715  On this day in history birth of daniel Dal Barba, composer  

1747  Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1792) was born on this day in history.  

1749  Jean-Frederic Edelmann, composer was born on May - 05.  

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

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 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 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  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

1842  Johann Nepomuk Fuchs, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1846  Henryk Sienkiewicz, Poland, author (Quo Vadis, Nobel 1905) was born on May - 05.  

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

1849  Hambletonian, Chester NY, greatest standardbred horse was born on May - 05.  

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

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

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

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 this day in history.  

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

1194  On this day in history kazimierz II, the Justified, grand duke of Poland (1177-94), dies  

1219  On May - 05 death of king Leo II of Armenia (b. 1150)  

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