Famous Personalities Born In May - 05
Monday, 30 June 2025
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 May - 05.
1352 Ruprecht, Roman catholic German king was born on May - 05.
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 On May - 05 birth of emmanuel-Philibert van Lalaing, baron of Montigny/marquis of Renty
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 On this day in history birth of daniel Dal Barba, composer
1747 Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1792) was born on May - 05.
1749 Jean-Frederic Edelmann, composer was born on May - 05.
1764 Robert Craufurd, British general (d. 1812) was born on this day in history.
1800 Louis Hachette, French publisher (Librairie Hachette) was born on this day in history.
1804 On this day in history birth of jacob Kats, Flemish writer (Earthly Paradise)
1813 Søren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher (d. 1855) was born on this day in history.
1815 Eugene-Marin Labiche, French playwright was born on this day in history.
1817 On this day in history birth of george Washington Julian, MC (Union), died in 1899
1818 On May - 05 birth of karl Marx, philosopher (Communist Manifesto, Das Kapital)
1819 Stanislaw Moniuszko, Polish composer was born on May - 05.
1823 James Allen Hardie, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1876 was born on May - 05.
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 May - 05.
1832 H H Bancroft, historian, publisher (History of Pacific States) was born on May - 05.
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 this day in history.
1835 Leopold II, Belgian crown prince, baptized was born on May - 05.
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 Adalbert von Goldschmidt, composer was born on May - 05.
1849 On this day in history birth of hambletonian, Chester NY, greatest standardbred horse
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.