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 this day in history 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  On May - 05 birth of emmanuel-Philibert van Lalaing, baron of Montigny/marquis of Renty  

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 May - 05 birth of jean-Frederic Edelmann, composer  

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 May - 05.  

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

1815  On May - 05 birth of eugene-Marin Labiche, French playwright  

1817  On May - 05 birth of george Washington Julian, MC (Union), died in 1899  

1818  Karl Marx, philosopher (Communist Manifesto, Das Kapital) was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1830  On May - 05 birth of john Batterson Stetson, American hat manufacturer (d. 1906)  

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

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

1846  Henryk Sienkiewicz, Poland, author (Quo Vadis, Nobel 1905) was born on May - 05.  

1848  On May - 05 birth of adalbert von Goldschmidt, composer  

1849  On May - 05 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.  

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0200  Death of Sun Ce, warlord of the Han Dynasty (b. 175) on May - 05.  

0311  Gaius VM Galerius, emperor of Rome, dies at about 50 on May - 05.  

0984  On May - 05 death of gerberga of Saxony, Queen of Western Francia  

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