Famous Birthdays In May - 08
Monday, 08 August 2022
1326 On this day in history birth of joanna I of Auvergne, queen of France (d. 1360)
1460 Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (d. 1536) was born on this day in history.
1492 On this day in history birth of andreas Alciatus, [Giovanni Andrea-Alciato], Italian lawyer
1521 Peter Canisius, [Pieter de Hondt/Kanijs], jesuit/saint was born on this day in history.
1527 On this day in history birth of johann Walter, composer
1587 On this day in history birth of victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy (d. 1637)
1592 On this day in history birth of francis Quarles, English poet (Argalus & Parthenia, Emblems)
1622 Claes Rålamb, Swedish statesman (d. 1698) was born on this day in history.
1629 Niels Juel, Danish admiral (d. 1697) was born on this day in history.
1632 On this day in history birth of heino Heinrich Graf von Flemming, German marshal (d. 1706)
1641 On May - 08 birth of nicolaas Witsen, etcher/mayor (Amsterdam)
1653 Claude-Louis-Hector de Villars, Marshall of France (d. 1734) was born on this day in history.
1668 On May - 08 birth of alain R Lesage, French author (Turcaret ou le Financier)
1670 Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans, English soldier (d. 1726) was born on May - 08.
1673 On this day in history birth of johann Valentin Eckelt, composer
1703 Gottlob Harrer, composer was born on this day in history.
1735 Sir Nathaniel Dance-Holland, English painter (d. 1811) was born on this day in history.
1737 On this day in history birth of edward Gibbon, England, historian (Decline & Fall of Roman Empire)
1738 Mikhail Kamensky, Russian general (d. 1809) was born on May - 08.
1742 On this day in history birth of johann Baptist Krumpholtz, composer
1745 On this day in history birth of carl Philipp Stamitz, composer
1750 On this day in history birth of elias Mann, composer
1753 On this day in history birth of miguel Hidalgo y Castilla, father of Mexican independence
1763 On this day in history birth of john Goldberg, Dutch patriot/statesman
1778 On May - 08 birth of johann Gansbacher, composer
1786 On this day in history birth of thomas Hancock, founded British rubber industry
1786 On this day in history birth of jean Vianney, French Catholic priest (d. 1859)
1803 On this day in history birth of joseph Napoleon Ney Moskova, composer
1806 On May - 08 birth of jan Bedrich Kittl, composer
1810 James Cooper, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 was born on May - 08.
1814 Mikhail Alexandrovich Bakunin, anarchist was born on May - 08.
1815 On May - 08 birth of jean Delphin Alard, French violinist/composer
1821 On this day in history birth of william Henry Vanderbilt, member of the Vanderbilt family (d. 1885)
1824 William Walker, filibuster/president of Nicaragua (1856-57) was born on May - 08.