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 this day in history.  

1352  Ruprecht, Roman catholic German king was born on May - 05.  

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 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  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.  

1747  On May - 05 birth of leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1792)  

1749  Jean-Frederic Edelmann, composer was born on May - 05.  

1764  On May - 05 birth of robert Craufurd, British general (d. 1812)  

1800  On May - 05 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 May - 05.  

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 May - 05.  

1819  Stanislaw Moniuszko, Polish composer was born on this day in history.  

1823  On May - 05 birth of james Allen Hardie, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1876  

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  On this day in history 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  Leopold II, Belgian crown prince, baptized was born on this day in history.  

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

1846  Federico Chueca, composer was born on this day in history.  

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  On May - 05 birth of hambletonian, Chester NY, greatest standardbred horse  

1854  On this day in history birth of antonio Smareglia, composer  

1862  Max Elskamp, Belgian author/poet (Lesson Joies Blondes, Maya) was born on May - 05.  

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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 this day in history.  

1028  On May - 05 alfonso V, King of Leon/Galicia (999-1028), dies in battle  

1194  On this day in history 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 May - 05 charles II, the Lame, King of Naples (1285-1309), dies  

1504  On this day in history anton of Burgundy, the Great Bastard, knight, dies at about 82