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  On May - 05 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 this day in history birth of emmanuel-Philibert van Lalaing, baron of Montigny/marquis of Renty  

1635  On May - 05 birth of philippe Quinault, French playwright (L'amant indiscret)  

1657  Jacques Danican Philidor, composer was born on May - 05.  

1680  On May - 05 birth of giuseppe Porsile, composer  

1715  Daniel Dal Barba, composer was born on this day in history.  

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1747  On this day in history birth of leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1792)  

1749  On this day in history birth of jean-Frederic Edelmann, composer  

1764  On May - 05 birth of robert Craufurd, British general (d. 1812)  

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 this day in history 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 May - 05.  

1818  Karl Marx, philosopher (Communist Manifesto, Das Kapital) was born on May - 05.  

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 May - 05.  

1830  John Batterson Stetson, American hat manufacturer (d. 1906) was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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  Johann Nepomuk Fuchs, composer was born on this day in history.  

1846  On May - 05 birth of federico Chueca, composer  

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

1848  Adalbert von Goldschmidt, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1854  On May - 05 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 May - 05.  

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  On this day in history alfonso V, King of Leon/Galicia (999-1028), dies in battle  

1194  Kazimierz II, the Justified, grand duke of Poland (1177-94), dies on May - 05.  

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