Famous Personalities Born 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 this day in history.   

1653  Eleonora Maria Josefa of Austria, queen consort of Poland and Lithuania (d. 1697) was born on May - 21.   

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  Alexander Pope, England, poet (Rape of the Lock) was born on this day in history.   

1720  Antonio Corbisiero, composer was born on May - 21.   

1722  Wilhelm Gottfried Enderle, composer was born on this day in history.   

1755  Alfred Moore, American judge (d. 1810) was born on this day in history.   

1763  On this day in history birth of joseph Fouché, French statesman (d. 1820)   

1775  Lucien Bonaparte, prince of Canino/Musignano was born on this day in history.   

1780  Elizabeth Fry, Quaker minister/prison reformer/nurse was born on May - 21.   

1792  On May - 21 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 May - 21.   

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 this day in history birth of george Lafayette Beal, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

1826  Danillo II, ruler of Montenegro was born on May - 21.   

1827  William P. Sprague, American politician from Ohio (d. 1899) was born on this day in history.   

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

1834  On May - 21 birth of charles-Albert Gobat, Switz, politician/lawyer/author (Nobel 1902)   

1835  Newton Martin Curtis, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) was born on May - 21.   

1835  On May - 21 birth of frantiÅ¡ek Chvostek, Moravian physician (d. 1884)   

1841  On this day in history birth of joseph Parry, composer   

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

1843  On this day in history birth of charles Albert Gobat, Swiss politician (d. 1914)   

1850  On this day in history birth of giuseppe Mercalli, Italian volcanologist (d. 1914)   

1851  On May - 21 birth of leon Bourgeois, France, politician, internationalist (Nobel 1920)   

1853  Jacques Marie Eugène Godefroy Cavaignac, French politician (d. 1905) was born on May - 21.   

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

1858  Jose Battle Ordonez, Uruguay, politician was born on May - 21.   

1860  Willam Einthoven, Dutch physiologist/inventor (electrocardiograph) was born on May - 21.   

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0987  Louis V, last Carlovingians King of France (966-987), dies on May - 21.   

1254  Koenraad IV, RC-German king (1237-54), dies at 26 on May - 21.   

1481  On this day in history christian I, king of Denmark/Norway/Sweden, dies   

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  On this day in history death of john Rainolds, English scholar (b. 1549)   

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