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Famous Birthdays In May - 08
Friday, 06 December 2019
1326 On this day in history birth of joanna I of Auvergne, queen of France (d. 1360) 
1460 On this day in history birth of frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (d. 1536)
1492 On May - 08 birth of andreas Alciatus, [Giovanni Andrea-Alciato], Italian lawyer
1521 On May - 08 birth of peter Canisius, [Pieter de Hondt/Kanijs], jesuit/saint
1527 On this day in history birth of johann Walter, composer
1587 On May - 08 birth of victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy (d. 1637)
1592 Francis Quarles, English poet (Argalus & Parthenia, Emblems) was born on May - 08.
1622 Claes RÃ¥lamb, Swedish statesman (d. 1698) was born on this day in history.
1629 Niels Juel, Danish admiral (d. 1697) was born on May - 08.
1632 On this day in history birth of heino Heinrich Graf von Flemming, German marshal (d. 1706)
1641 Nicolaas Witsen, etcher/mayor (Amsterdam) was born on this day in history.
1653 On May - 08 birth of claude-Louis-Hector de Villars, Marshall of France (d. 1734)
1668 Alain R Lesage, French author (Turcaret ou le Financier) was born on May - 08.
1670 On this day in history birth of charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans, English soldier (d. 1726)
1673 On May - 08 birth of johann Valentin Eckelt, composer
1703 Gottlob Harrer, composer was born on May - 08.
1735 On this day in history birth of sir Nathaniel Dance-Holland, English painter (d. 1811)
1737 Edward Gibbon, England, historian (Decline & Fall of Roman Empire) was born on this day in history.
1738 On this day in history birth of mikhail Kamensky, Russian general (d. 1809)
1742 Johann Baptist Krumpholtz, composer was born on this day in history.
1745 Carl Philipp Stamitz, composer was born on May - 08.
1750 On this day in history birth of elias Mann, composer
1753 Miguel Hidalgo y Castilla, father of Mexican independence was born on May - 08.
1763 On this day in history birth of john Goldberg, Dutch patriot/statesman
1778 On May - 08 birth of johann Gansbacher, composer
1786 Thomas Hancock, founded British rubber industry was born on May - 08.
1786 On May - 08 birth of jean Vianney, French Catholic priest (d. 1859)
1803 On May - 08 birth of joseph Napoleon Ney Moskova, composer
1806 Jan Bedrich Kittl, composer was born on May - 08.
1810 On May - 08 birth of james Cooper, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863
1814 On May - 08 birth of mikhail Alexandrovich Bakunin, anarchist
1815 Jean Delphin Alard, French violinist/composer was born on this day in history.
1821 William Henry Vanderbilt, member of the Vanderbilt family (d. 1885) was born on May - 08.
1824 On May - 08 birth of william Walker, filibuster/president of Nicaragua (1856-57)