Famous Birthdays In May - 05

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 May - 05.  

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  On this day in history birth of giuseppe Porsile, composer  

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

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

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

1764  On this day in history birth of robert Craufurd, British general (d. 1812)  

1800  Louis Hachette, French publisher (Librairie Hachette) was born on this day in history.  

1804  Jacob Kats, Flemish writer (Earthly Paradise) was born on May - 05.  

1813  On May - 05 birth of søren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher (d. 1855)  

1815  On this day in history 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  Stanislaw Moniuszko, Polish composer was born on this day in history.  

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  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  On this day in history birth of ferdinand von Richthofen, German geographer/explorer  

1834  On May - 05 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 this day in history.  

1846  On this day in history birth of federico Chueca, composer  

1846  Henryk Sienkiewicz, Poland, author (Quo Vadis, Nobel 1905) was born on this day in history.  

1848  Adalbert von Goldschmidt, composer was born on May - 05.  

1849  Hambletonian, Chester NY, greatest standardbred horse was born on May - 05.  

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

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

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0200  Death of Sun Ce, warlord of the Han Dynasty (b. 175) on this day in history.  

0311  Gaius VM Galerius, emperor of Rome, dies at about 50 on this day in history.  

0984  On this day in history death of gerberga of Saxony, Queen of Western Francia  

1028  On May - 05 alfonso V, King of Leon/Galicia (999-1028), dies in battle  

1194  Kazimierz II, the Justified, grand duke of Poland (1177-94), dies on this day in history.  

1219  On this day in history death of king Leo II of Armenia (b. 1150)  

1309  On May - 05 charles II, the Lame, King of Naples (1285-1309), dies  

1504  On this day in history anton of Burgundy, the Great Bastard, knight, dies at about 82