Famous Birthdays In May - 05

0867  Uda, Emperor of Japan (d. 931) was born on May - 05.  

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

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

1479  Guru Amar Das, third Sikh Guru (d. 1574) was born on this day in history.  

1546  Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, English politician (d. 1623) was born on May - 05.  

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 May - 05.  

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

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1747  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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  Søren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher (d. 1855) was born on this day in history.  

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

1817  On this day in history birth of george Washington Julian, MC (Union), died in 1899  

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

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 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  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  On May - 05 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  Adalbert von Goldschmidt, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1854  Antonio Smareglia, composer was born on this day in history.  

1862  Max Elskamp, Belgian author/poet (Lesson Joies Blondes, Maya) was born on this day in history.  

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0200  On this day in history 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 May - 05.  

1028  Alfonso V, King of Leon/Galicia (999-1028), dies in battle on this day in history.  

1194  On May - 05 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 May - 05.