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 May - 21 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 May - 21.  

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

1722  Wilhelm Gottfried Enderle, composer was born on May - 21.  

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

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1763  Joseph Fouché, French statesman (d. 1820) was born on this day in history.  

1775  On May - 21 birth of lucien Bonaparte, prince of Canino/Musignano  

1780  Elizabeth Fry, Quaker minister/prison reformer/nurse was born on this day in history.  

1792  On May - 21 birth of gaspard-Gustave Coriolis, French scientist (d. 1843)  

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

1821  On May - 21 birth of john F Loudon, Dutch entrepreneur/colonial director  

1822  Dabney Herndon Maury, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1900 was born on this day in history.  

1822  Mosby Monroe Parsons, Brig General (Confederate Army) died in 1865 was born on May - 21.  

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 May - 21 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 May - 21 birth of františek Chvostek, Moravian physician (d. 1884)  

1841  Joseph Parry, composer was born on this day in history.  

1843  Louis Renault, French lawyer was born on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1853  On May - 21 birth of jacques Marie Eugène Godefroy Cavaignac, French politician (d. 1905)  

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 this day in history.  

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

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0987  On May - 21 louis V, last Carlovingians King of France (966-987), dies  

1254  Koenraad IV, RC-German king (1237-54), dies at 26 on this day in history.  

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

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 May - 21.  

1607  Death of John Rainolds, English scholar (b. 1549) on May - 21.  

1639  On May - 21 giovan D "Tommaso" Campanella, Italian philosopher/poet, dies at 70