Famous Personalities Born In May - 05
Sunday, 15 June 2025
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 this day in history.
1352 Ruprecht, Roman catholic German king was born on May - 05.
1479 On this day in history birth of guru Amar Das, third Sikh Guru (d. 1574)
1546 On May - 05 birth of thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, English politician (d. 1623)
1557 On May - 05 birth of emmanuel-Philibert van Lalaing, baron of Montigny/marquis of Renty
1635 On this day in history birth of philippe Quinault, French playwright (L'amant indiscret)
1657 Jacques Danican Philidor, composer was born on May - 05.
1680 Giuseppe Porsile, composer was born on this day in history.
1715 On this day in history birth of daniel Dal Barba, composer
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 On May - 05 birth of robert Craufurd, British general (d. 1812)
1800 On May - 05 birth of louis Hachette, French publisher (Librairie Hachette)
1804 Jacob Kats, Flemish writer (Earthly Paradise) was born on this day in history.
1813 On May - 05 birth of søren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher (d. 1855)
1815 On May - 05 birth of eugene-Marin Labiche, French playwright
1817 On this day in history birth of george Washington Julian, MC (Union), died in 1899
1818 On this day in history birth of karl Marx, philosopher (Communist Manifesto, Das Kapital)
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 Eugenie M de Montijo y de Guzman, Empress of France was born on May - 05.
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 On this day in history birth of viktor Hartmann, Russian architect and painter (d. 1873)
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 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 this day in history birth of hambletonian, Chester NY, greatest standardbred horse
1854 Antonio Smareglia, composer was born on this day in history.
1862 On this day in history birth of max Elskamp, Belgian author/poet (Lesson Joies Blondes, Maya)