Famous Birthdays In May - 21

1471  Albrecht Durer, Nornberg Germany, Renaissance painter/print maker was born on this day in history.  

1527  On May - 21 birth of philip II, King of Spain (1556-98) & Portugal (1580-98)  

1633  Joseph de La Barre, composer was born on May - 21.  

1653  On May - 21 birth of eleonora Maria Josefa of Austria, queen consort of Poland and Lithuania (d. 1697)  

1671  On this day in history birth of azzolino Bernardino Della Ciaia, composer  

1680  Frederich Karl Erbach, composer was born on this day in history.  

1688  On May - 21 birth of alexander Pope, England, poet (Rape of the Lock)  

1720  On this day in history birth of antonio Corbisiero, composer  

1722  On May - 21 birth of wilhelm Gottfried Enderle, composer  

1755  On this day in history birth of alfred Moore, American judge (d. 1810)  

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1763  Joseph Fouché, French statesman (d. 1820) was born on May - 21.  

1775  Lucien Bonaparte, prince of Canino/Musignano was born on May - 21.  

1780  On this day in history birth of elizabeth Fry, Quaker minister/prison reformer/nurse  

1792  On this day in history birth of gaspard-Gustave Coriolis, French scientist (d. 1843)  

1796  Reverdy Johnson, rep (Union), died in 1876 was born on this day in history.  

1821  John F Loudon, Dutch entrepreneur/colonial director was born on this day in history.  

1822  On this day in history birth of dabney Herndon Maury, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1900  

1822  On this day in history birth of mosby Monroe Parsons, Brig General (Confederate Army) died in 1865  

1825  On May - 21 birth of george Lafayette Beal, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)  

1826  Danillo II, ruler of Montenegro was born on this day in history.  

1827  On May - 21 birth of william P. Sprague, American politician from Ohio (d. 1899)  

1832  On May - 21 birth of elizabeth Storrs Mead, American educator (d. 1917)  

1834  On this day in history birth of charles-Albert Gobat, Switz, politician/lawyer/author (Nobel 1902)  

1835  On May - 21 birth of newton Martin Curtis, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)  

1835  On this day in history birth of frantiÅ¡ek Chvostek, Moravian physician (d. 1884)  

1841  Joseph Parry, composer was born on May - 21.  

1843  On May - 21 birth of louis Renault, French lawyer  

1843  Charles Albert Gobat, Swiss politician (d. 1914) was born on May - 21.  

1850  Giuseppe Mercalli, Italian volcanologist (d. 1914) was born on May - 21.  

1851  Leon Bourgeois, France, politician, internationalist (Nobel 1920) was born on this day in history.  

1853  Jacques Marie Eugène Godefroy Cavaignac, French politician (d. 1905) was born on this day in history.  

1855  Emile A G Verhaeren, Belgian poet/writer (Les Flammes Hautes) was born on this day in history.  

1858  On this day in history birth of jose Battle Ordonez, Uruguay, politician  

1860  On May - 21 birth of willam Einthoven, Dutch physiologist/inventor (electrocardiograph)  

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0987  On this day in history louis V, last Carlovingians King of France (966-987), dies  

1254  On this day in history koenraad IV, RC-German king (1237-54), dies at 26  

1481  Christian I, king of Denmark/Norway/Sweden, dies on May - 21.  

1512  On May - 21 death of pandolfo Petrucci, ruler of Siena  

1524  On this day in history thomas Howard 2nd duke of Norfolk, general/premier, dies at about 80  

1542  Hernando de Soto, dies while searching for gold, near Mississippi R on May - 21.  

1607  Death of John Rainolds, English scholar (b. 1549) on this day in history.  

1639  Giovan D "Tommaso" Campanella, Italian philosopher/poet, dies at 70 on this day in history.