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 May - 05 birth of ruprecht, Roman catholic German king  

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

1546  Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, English politician (d. 1623) was born on this day in history.  

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  Daniel Dal Barba, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1749  On this day in history birth of jean-Frederic Edelmann, composer  

1764  Robert Craufurd, British general (d. 1812) was born on this day in history.  

1800  Louis Hachette, French publisher (Librairie Hachette) was born on May - 05.  

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  Eugene-Marin Labiche, French playwright was born on May - 05.  

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 this day in history 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  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  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 May - 05 birth of federico Chueca, composer  

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

1848  On this day in history birth of adalbert von Goldschmidt, composer  

1849  On this day in history birth of hambletonian, Chester NY, greatest standardbred horse  

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 May - 05.  

0311  On May - 05 gaius VM Galerius, emperor of Rome, dies at about 50  

0984  On this day in history death of gerberga of Saxony, Queen of Western Francia  

1028  On May - 05 alfonso V, King of Leon/Galicia (999-1028), dies in battle  

1194  Kazimierz II, the Justified, grand duke of Poland (1177-94), dies on this day in history.  

1219  Death of King Leo II of Armenia (b. 1150) on May - 05.  

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 May - 05.