Famous Birthdays In May - 21

1471  Albrecht Durer, Nornberg Germany, Renaissance painter/print maker was born on May - 21.  

1527  Philip II, King of Spain (1556-98) & Portugal (1580-98) was born on May - 21.  

1633  On May - 21 birth of joseph de La Barre, composer  

1653  On this day in history birth of eleonora Maria Josefa of Austria, queen consort of Poland and Lithuania (d. 1697)  

1671  Azzolino Bernardino Della Ciaia, composer was born on this day in history.  

1680  On this day in history birth of frederich Karl Erbach, composer  

1688  Alexander Pope, England, poet (Rape of the Lock) was born on this day in history.  

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)  

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

1796  Reverdy Johnson, rep (Union), died in 1876 was born on May - 21.  

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  Mosby Monroe Parsons, Brig General (Confederate Army) died in 1865 was born on this day in history.  

1825  George Lafayette Beal, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) was born on May - 21.  

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 this day in history birth of elizabeth Storrs Mead, American educator (d. 1917)  

1834  Charles-Albert Gobat, Switz, politician/lawyer/author (Nobel 1902) was born on May - 21.  

1835  On this day in history birth of newton Martin Curtis, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)  

1835  On this day in history birth of františek 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  Charles Albert Gobat, Swiss politician (d. 1914) was born on this day in history.  

1850  On May - 21 birth of giuseppe Mercalli, Italian volcanologist (d. 1914)  

1851  On this day in history birth of leon Bourgeois, France, politician, internationalist (Nobel 1920)  

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

1855  On this day in history birth of emile A G Verhaeren, Belgian poet/writer (Les Flammes Hautes)  

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  On May - 21 koenraad IV, RC-German king (1237-54), dies at 26  

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

1512  Death of Pandolfo Petrucci, ruler of Siena on May - 21.  

1524  Thomas Howard 2nd duke of Norfolk, general/premier, dies at about 80 on May - 21.  

1542  Hernando de Soto, dies while searching for gold, near Mississippi R on this day in history.  

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.