Famous Birthdays In May - 21
Saturday, 27 April 2024
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 May - 21.
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 this day in history.
1671 On this day in history 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 May - 21.
1720 Antonio Corbisiero, composer was born on this day in history.
1722 Wilhelm Gottfried Enderle, composer was born on this day in history.
1755 On this day in history birth of alfred Moore, American judge (d. 1810)
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 On May - 21 birth of elizabeth Fry, Quaker minister/prison reformer/nurse
1792 Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis, French scientist (d. 1843) was born on this day in history.
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 May - 21 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 this day in history birth of william P. Sprague, American politician from Ohio (d. 1899)
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 František Chvostek, Moravian physician (d. 1884) was born on May - 21.
1841 On this day in history birth of joseph Parry, composer
1843 Louis Renault, French lawyer was born on this day in history.
1843 Charles Albert Gobat, Swiss politician (d. 1914) was born on this day in history.
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 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 this day in history.
1860 Willam Einthoven, Dutch physiologist/inventor (electrocardiograph) was born on May - 21.