Famous Birthdays In May - 05

0867  On this day in history birth of uda, Emperor of Japan (d. 931)  

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

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 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 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  Giuseppe Porsile, composer was born on May - 05.  

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

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1747  On May - 05 birth of leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1792)  

1749  On May - 05 birth of jean-Frederic Edelmann, composer  

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  Søren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher (d. 1855) was born on May - 05.  

1815  Eugene-Marin Labiche, French playwright was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history 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 May - 05 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 May - 05.  

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  On May - 05 birth of johann Nepomuk Fuchs, composer  

1846  On May - 05 birth of federico Chueca, composer  

1846  On May - 05 birth of henryk Sienkiewicz, Poland, author (Quo Vadis, Nobel 1905)  

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

1849  On May - 05 birth of hambletonian, Chester NY, greatest standardbred horse  

1854  On May - 05 birth of antonio Smareglia, composer  

1862  Max Elskamp, Belgian author/poet (Lesson Joies Blondes, Maya) was born on May - 05.  

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0200  Death of Sun Ce, warlord of the Han Dynasty (b. 175) on May - 05.  

0311  On this day in history gaius VM Galerius, emperor of Rome, dies at about 50  

0984  Death of Gerberga of Saxony, Queen of Western Francia on May - 05.  

1028  On this day in history alfonso V, King of Leon/Galicia (999-1028), dies in battle  

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

1219  On this day in history 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.