Famous Personalities Born In May - 05

0867  Uda, Emperor of Japan (d. 931) was born on this day in history.   

1210  King Afonso III of Portugal (d. 1279) was born on this day in history.   

1352  On this day in history birth of ruprecht, Roman catholic German king   

1479  Guru Amar Das, third Sikh Guru (d. 1574) was born on May - 05.   

1546  On this day in history birth of thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, English politician (d. 1623)   

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

1715  On this day in history birth of daniel Dal Barba, composer   

1747  Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1792) was born on this day in history.   

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  Jacob Kats, Flemish writer (Earthly Paradise) was born on May - 05.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1826  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 this day in history birth of viktor Hartmann, Russian architect and painter (d. 1873)   

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

1842  Johann Nepomuk Fuchs, composer was born on May - 05.   

1846  On May - 05 birth of federico Chueca, composer   

1846  On May - 05 birth of henryk Sienkiewicz, Poland, author (Quo Vadis, Nobel 1905)   

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

1849  On this day in history 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 May - 05 death of sun Ce, warlord of the Han Dynasty (b. 175)   

0311  On May - 05 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 May - 05 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  On May - 05 death of king Leo II of Armenia (b. 1150)   

1309  Charles II, the Lame, King of Naples (1285-1309), dies on this day in history.   

1504  On May - 05 anton of Burgundy, the Great Bastard, knight, dies at about 82