Famous Personalities Born 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 this day in history birth of ruprecht, Roman catholic German king   

1479  Guru Amar Das, third Sikh Guru (d. 1574) was born on May - 05.   

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

1657  On May - 05 birth of jacques Danican Philidor, composer   

1680  Giuseppe Porsile, composer was born on May - 05.   

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  On May - 05 birth of robert Craufurd, British general (d. 1812)   

1800  On this day in history birth of louis Hachette, French publisher (Librairie Hachette)   

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

1817  George Washington Julian, MC (Union), died in 1899 was born on this day in history.   

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

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  Eugenie M de Montijo y de Guzman, Empress of France was born on May - 05.   

1830  On this day in history birth of john Batterson Stetson, American hat manufacturer (d. 1906)   

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 May - 05.   

1834  On this day in history 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  Federico Chueca, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

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 May - 05.   

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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  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 May - 05.   

1194  On May - 05 kazimierz II, the Justified, grand duke of Poland (1177-94), dies   

1219  On May - 05 death of king Leo II of Armenia (b. 1150)   

1309  On this day in history charles II, the Lame, King of Naples (1285-1309), dies   

1504  Anton of Burgundy, the Great Bastard, knight, dies at about 82 on this day in history.