Famous Birthdays In May - 05
Monday, 18 March 2024
0867 On May - 05 birth of uda, Emperor of Japan (d. 931)
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 Emmanuel-Philibert van Lalaing, baron of Montigny/marquis of Renty was born on this day in history.
1635 Philippe Quinault, French playwright (L'amant indiscret) was born on this day in history.
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
1747 Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1792) was born on this day in history.
1749 On this day in history birth of jean-Frederic Edelmann, composer
1764 On May - 05 birth of robert Craufurd, British general (d. 1812)
1800 Louis Hachette, French publisher (Librairie Hachette) was born on this day in history.
1804 Jacob Kats, Flemish writer (Earthly Paradise) was born on May - 05.
1813 Søren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher (d. 1855) was born on this day in history.
1815 Eugene-Marin Labiche, French playwright was born on May - 05.
1817 On this day in history birth of george Washington Julian, MC (Union), died in 1899
1818 On this day in history birth of karl Marx, philosopher (Communist Manifesto, Das Kapital)
1819 On May - 05 birth of stanislaw Moniuszko, Polish composer
1823 On this day in history 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 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 this day in history.
1833 Ferdinand von Richthofen, German geographer/explorer was born on this day in history.
1834 On this day in history 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 On May - 05 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 May - 05.
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 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.