Famous Birthdays In May - 21

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

1527  On this day in history birth of philip II, King of Spain (1556-98) & Portugal (1580-98)  

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

1688  Alexander Pope, England, poet (Rape of the Lock) was born on May - 21.  

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 May - 21.  

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1763  Joseph Fouché, French statesman (d. 1820) was born on May - 21.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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  George Lafayette Beal, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) was born on this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history.  

1834  On this day in history birth of charles-Albert Gobat, Switz, politician/lawyer/author (Nobel 1902)  

1835  On May - 21 birth of newton Martin Curtis, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)  

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

1841  Joseph Parry, composer was born on May - 21.  

1843  Louis Renault, French lawyer was born on May - 21.  

1843  On May - 21 birth of charles Albert Gobat, Swiss politician (d. 1914)  

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

1851  Leon Bourgeois, France, politician, internationalist (Nobel 1920) was born on this day in history.  

1853  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of jose Battle Ordonez, Uruguay, politician  

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 this day in history.  

1254  On May - 21 koenraad IV, RC-German king (1237-54), dies at 26  

1481  Christian I, king of Denmark/Norway/Sweden, dies on this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history.  

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