Famous Birthdays In May - 21

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

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

1671  Azzolino Bernardino Della Ciaia, composer was born on May - 21.  

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  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  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  On May - 21 birth of reverdy Johnson, rep (Union), died in 1876  

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  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 this day in history.  

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  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 May - 21.  

1835  Newton Martin Curtis, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) was born on this day in history.  

1835  FrantiÅ¡ek Chvostek, Moravian physician (d. 1884) was born on May - 21.  

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 May - 21.  

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

1851  Leon Bourgeois, France, politician, internationalist (Nobel 1920) was born on May - 21.  

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

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 this day in history.  

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

1512  On this day in history death of pandolfo Petrucci, ruler of Siena  

1524  On May - 21 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 this day in history.  

1607  On May - 21 death of john Rainolds, English scholar (b. 1549)  

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