Famous Personalities Born In May - 05

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

1210  King Afonso III of Portugal (d. 1279) was born on May - 05.   

1352  On May - 05 birth of ruprecht, Roman catholic German king   

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 May - 05.   

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 this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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 May - 05 birth of jacob Kats, Flemish writer (Earthly Paradise)   

1813  Søren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher (d. 1855) was born on May - 05.   

1815  Eugene-Marin Labiche, French playwright was born on May - 05.   

1817  On May - 05 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  Stanislaw Moniuszko, Polish composer was born on May - 05.   

1823  James Allen Hardie, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1876 was born on this day in history.   

1826  On May - 05 birth of eugenie M de Montijo y de Guzman, Empress of France   

1830  On May - 05 birth of john Batterson Stetson, American hat manufacturer (d. 1906)   

1832  On May - 05 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 this day in history.   

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

1846  On May - 05 birth of federico Chueca, composer   

1846  Henryk Sienkiewicz, Poland, author (Quo Vadis, Nobel 1905) was born on May - 05.   

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

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

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

1862  On this day in history birth of max Elskamp, Belgian author/poet (Lesson Joies Blondes, Maya)   

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0200  On May - 05 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  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 May - 05.   

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  On May - 05 anton of Burgundy, the Great Bastard, knight, dies at about 82