Famous Birthdays In May - 05

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

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

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

1479  Guru Amar Das, third Sikh Guru (d. 1574) was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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  On May - 05 birth of giuseppe Porsile, composer  

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

1800  On this day in history birth of louis Hachette, French publisher (Librairie Hachette)  

1804  Jacob Kats, Flemish writer (Earthly Paradise) was born on May - 05.  

1813  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

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

1830  On this day in history birth of john Batterson Stetson, American hat manufacturer (d. 1906)  

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 this day in history.  

1835  Leopold II, Belgian crown prince, baptized was born on May - 05.  

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

1846  On May - 05 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 May - 05.  

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

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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 this day in history.  

0984  On May - 05 death of gerberga of Saxony, Queen of Western Francia  

1028  Alfonso V, King of Leon/Galicia (999-1028), dies in battle on this day in history.  

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

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

1309  On May - 05 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.