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 May - 05.  

1352  Ruprecht, Roman catholic German king was born on this day in history.  

1479  On this day in history birth of guru Amar Das, third Sikh Guru (d. 1574)  

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

1557  Emmanuel-Philibert van Lalaing, baron of Montigny/marquis of Renty was born on May - 05.  

1635  Philippe Quinault, French playwright (L'amant indiscret) was born on this day in history.  

1657  On this day in history birth of jacques Danican Philidor, composer  

1680  Giuseppe Porsile, composer was born on this day in history.  

1715  On this day in history 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  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  On May - 05 birth of søren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher (d. 1855)  

1815  On this day in history birth of eugene-Marin Labiche, French playwright  

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  On this day in history birth of stanislaw Moniuszko, Polish composer  

1823  James Allen Hardie, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1876 was born on May - 05.  

1826  On May - 05 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  On May - 05 birth of ferdinand von Richthofen, German geographer/explorer  

1834  Viktor Hartmann, Russian architect and painter (d. 1873) was born on May - 05.  

1835  On May - 05 birth of leopold II, Belgian crown prince, baptized  

1842  On this day in history birth of johann Nepomuk Fuchs, composer  

1846  Federico Chueca, composer was born on May - 05.  

1846  On May - 05 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  On May - 05 birth of max Elskamp, Belgian author/poet (Lesson Joies Blondes, Maya)  

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0200  On this day in history death of sun Ce, warlord of the Han Dynasty (b. 175)  

0311  On this day in history 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 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  Death of King Leo II of Armenia (b. 1150) on this day in history.  

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