Famous Birthdays In May - 21

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

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 this day in history.  

1653  Eleonora Maria Josefa of Austria, queen consort of Poland and Lithuania (d. 1697) was born on May - 21.  

1671  On May - 21 birth of azzolino Bernardino Della Ciaia, composer  

1680  On May - 21 birth of frederich Karl Erbach, composer  

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

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

1722  On May - 21 birth of wilhelm Gottfried Enderle, composer  

1755  Alfred Moore, American judge (d. 1810) was born on May - 21.  

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1763  On this day in history birth of joseph Fouché, French statesman (d. 1820)  

1775  On May - 21 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  On this day in history birth of reverdy Johnson, rep (Union), died in 1876  

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  On May - 21 birth of danillo II, ruler of Montenegro  

1827  William P. Sprague, American politician from Ohio (d. 1899) was born on May - 21.  

1832  Elizabeth Storrs Mead, American educator (d. 1917) was born on this day in history.  

1834  On May - 21 birth of charles-Albert Gobat, Switz, politician/lawyer/author (Nobel 1902)  

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

1835  FrantiÅ¡ek Chvostek, Moravian physician (d. 1884) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1850  On this day in history birth of giuseppe Mercalli, Italian volcanologist (d. 1914)  

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

1858  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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  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  Giovan D "Tommaso" Campanella, Italian philosopher/poet, dies at 70 on May - 21.