Famous Personalities Born In May - 05

0867  On May - 05 birth of uda, Emperor of Japan (d. 931)   

1210  On this day in history birth of king Afonso III of Portugal (d. 1279)   

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 May - 05.   

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 May - 05.   

1657  Jacques Danican Philidor, composer was born on this day in history.   

1680  On May - 05 birth of giuseppe Porsile, composer   

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

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

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

1764  Robert Craufurd, British general (d. 1812) was born on May - 05.   

1800  Louis Hachette, French publisher (Librairie Hachette) was born on this day in history.   

1804  On this day in history birth of jacob Kats, Flemish writer (Earthly Paradise)   

1813  On this day in history birth of søren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher (d. 1855)   

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

1819  Stanislaw Moniuszko, Polish composer was born on May - 05.   

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 this day in history.   

1830  John Batterson Stetson, American hat manufacturer (d. 1906) was born on May - 05.   

1832  On this day in history birth of h H Bancroft, historian, publisher (History of Pacific States)   

1833  Ferdinand von Richthofen, German geographer/explorer was born on May - 05.   

1834  On May - 05 birth of viktor Hartmann, Russian architect and painter (d. 1873)   

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

1842  Johann Nepomuk Fuchs, composer was born on May - 05.   

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 this day in history.   

1849  Hambletonian, Chester NY, greatest standardbred horse was born on May - 05.   

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

1862  Max Elskamp, Belgian author/poet (Lesson Joies Blondes, Maya) was born on this day in history.   

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0200  Death of Sun Ce, warlord of the Han Dynasty (b. 175) on this day in history.   

0311  Gaius VM Galerius, emperor of Rome, dies at about 50 on this day in history.   

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

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

1194  On this day in history 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  On this day in history anton of Burgundy, the Great Bastard, knight, dies at about 82