Famous Personalities Born In May - 05

0867  On this day in history birth of uda, Emperor of Japan (d. 931)   

1210  On May - 05 birth of king Afonso III of Portugal (d. 1279)   

1352  On this day in history birth of ruprecht, Roman catholic German king   

1479  On this day in history birth of guru Amar Das, third Sikh Guru (d. 1574)   

1546  On this day in history birth of thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, English politician (d. 1623)   

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 this day in history.   

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

1680  On May - 05 birth of giuseppe Porsile, composer   

1715  On May - 05 birth of daniel Dal Barba, composer   

1747  Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1792) was born on May - 05.   

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

1804  On this day in history birth of jacob Kats, Flemish writer (Earthly Paradise)   

1813  Søren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher (d. 1855) was born on May - 05.   

1815  Eugene-Marin Labiche, French playwright was born on May - 05.   

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 this day in history.   

1819  On this day in history birth of stanislaw Moniuszko, Polish composer   

1823  James Allen Hardie, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1876 was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1832  H H Bancroft, historian, publisher (History of Pacific States) was born on May - 05.   

1833  On May - 05 birth of ferdinand von Richthofen, German geographer/explorer   

1834  Viktor Hartmann, Russian architect and painter (d. 1873) was born on this day in history.   

1835  On May - 05 birth of leopold II, Belgian crown prince, baptized   

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

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

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

1848  On this day in history 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 May - 05.   

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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 May - 05.   

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

1028  On this day in history alfonso V, King of Leon/Galicia (999-1028), dies in battle   

1194  Kazimierz II, the Justified, grand duke of Poland (1177-94), dies on May - 05.   

1219  On May - 05 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.