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 May - 05.  

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 this day in history.  

1557  Emmanuel-Philibert van Lalaing, baron of Montigny/marquis of Renty was born on May - 05.  

1635  On this day in history birth of philippe Quinault, French playwright (L'amant indiscret)  

1657  Jacques Danican Philidor, composer was born on this day in history.  

1680  On May - 05 birth of giuseppe Porsile, composer  

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

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

1749  Jean-Frederic Edelmann, composer was born on this day in history.  

1764  Robert Craufurd, British general (d. 1812) was born on May - 05.  

1800  Louis Hachette, French publisher (Librairie Hachette) was born on May - 05.  

1804  On May - 05 birth of jacob Kats, Flemish writer (Earthly Paradise)  

1813  Søren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher (d. 1855) was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1819  Stanislaw Moniuszko, Polish composer was born on May - 05.  

1823  On May - 05 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 this day in history.  

1830  John Batterson Stetson, American hat manufacturer (d. 1906) was born on May - 05.  

1832  H H Bancroft, historian, publisher (History of Pacific States) was born on this day in history.  

1833  Ferdinand von Richthofen, German geographer/explorer was born on May - 05.  

1834  Viktor Hartmann, Russian architect and painter (d. 1873) was born on May - 05.  

1835  On this day in history birth of leopold II, Belgian crown prince, baptized  

1842  On May - 05 birth of johann Nepomuk Fuchs, composer  

1846  Federico Chueca, composer was born on May - 05.  

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

1848  On this day in history birth of adalbert von Goldschmidt, composer  

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

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  Gaius VM Galerius, emperor of Rome, dies at about 50 on May - 05.  

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 this day in history kazimierz II, the Justified, grand duke of Poland (1177-94), dies  

1219  On this day in history 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  Anton of Burgundy, the Great Bastard, knight, dies at about 82 on May - 05.