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

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 May - 05 birth of emmanuel-Philibert van Lalaing, baron of Montigny/marquis of Renty   

1635  Philippe Quinault, French playwright (L'amant indiscret) was born on May - 05.   

1657  On May - 05 birth of jacques Danican Philidor, composer   

1680  On this day in history birth of giuseppe Porsile, composer   

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

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

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

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  On this day in history birth of jacob Kats, Flemish writer (Earthly Paradise)   

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  Karl Marx, philosopher (Communist Manifesto, Das Kapital) was born on this day in history.   

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  Eugenie M de Montijo y de Guzman, Empress of France was born on May - 05.   

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  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  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  On this day in history birth of henryk Sienkiewicz, Poland, author (Quo Vadis, Nobel 1905)   

1848  Adalbert von Goldschmidt, composer was born on May - 05.   

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

1854  Antonio Smareglia, composer was born on May - 05.   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1219  Death of King Leo II of Armenia (b. 1150) on this day in history.   

1309  Charles II, the Lame, King of Naples (1285-1309), dies on this day in history.   

1504  Anton of Burgundy, the Great Bastard, knight, dies at about 82 on May - 05.