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  On May - 05 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 May - 05.   

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

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

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

1715  Daniel Dal Barba, composer was born on May - 05.   

1747  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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  On May - 05 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 this day in history.   

1819  On May - 05 birth of stanislaw Moniuszko, Polish composer   

1823  On May - 05 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  John Batterson Stetson, American hat manufacturer (d. 1906) was born on this day in history.   

1832  H H Bancroft, historian, publisher (History of Pacific States) was born on May - 05.   

1833  On this day in history birth of ferdinand von Richthofen, German geographer/explorer   

1834  Viktor Hartmann, Russian architect and painter (d. 1873) was born on this day in history.   

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

1842  On May - 05 birth of johann Nepomuk Fuchs, composer   

1846  On this day in history birth of federico Chueca, composer   

1846  Henryk Sienkiewicz, Poland, author (Quo Vadis, Nobel 1905) was born on this day in history.   

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

1849  Hambletonian, Chester NY, greatest standardbred horse was born on this day in history.   

1854  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

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

1028  Alfonso V, King of Leon/Galicia (999-1028), dies in battle on May - 05.   

1194  On this day in history kazimierz II, the Justified, grand duke of Poland (1177-94), dies   

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

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 this day in history.