Famous Personalities Born In May - 21

1471  On this day in history birth of albrecht Durer, Nornberg Germany, Renaissance painter/print maker   

1527  Philip II, King of Spain (1556-98) & Portugal (1580-98) was born on this day in history.   

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

1653  On this day in history 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  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 May - 21 birth of antonio Corbisiero, composer   

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

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

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

1775  On this day in history birth of lucien Bonaparte, prince of Canino/Musignano   

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  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1826  On this day in history birth of danillo II, ruler of Montenegro   

1827  On this day in history birth of william P. Sprague, American politician from Ohio (d. 1899)   

1832  Elizabeth Storrs Mead, American educator (d. 1917) was born on May - 21.   

1834  Charles-Albert Gobat, Switz, politician/lawyer/author (Nobel 1902) was born on this day in history.   

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

1835  On this day in history 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 May - 21 birth of charles Albert Gobat, Swiss politician (d. 1914)   

1850  Giuseppe Mercalli, Italian volcanologist (d. 1914) was born on this day in history.   

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  On May - 21 birth of emile A G Verhaeren, Belgian poet/writer (Les Flammes Hautes)   

1858  On May - 21 birth of jose Battle Ordonez, Uruguay, politician   

1860  On this day in history birth of willam Einthoven, Dutch physiologist/inventor (electrocardiograph)   

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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 May - 21 christian I, king of Denmark/Norway/Sweden, dies   

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

1524  Thomas Howard 2nd duke of Norfolk, general/premier, dies at about 80 on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history giovan D "Tommaso" Campanella, Italian philosopher/poet, dies at 70