Famous Birthdays In May - 21

1471  Albrecht Durer, Nornberg Germany, Renaissance painter/print maker was born on May - 21.  

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

1633  On this day in history birth of joseph de La Barre, composer  

1653  Eleonora Maria Josefa of Austria, queen consort of Poland and Lithuania (d. 1697) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1688  On this day in history birth of alexander Pope, England, poet (Rape of the Lock)  

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

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 May - 21.  

1780  On May - 21 birth of elizabeth Fry, Quaker minister/prison reformer/nurse  

1792  Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis, French scientist (d. 1843) was born on May - 21.  

1796  Reverdy Johnson, rep (Union), died in 1876 was born on this day in history.  

1821  John F Loudon, Dutch entrepreneur/colonial director was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1825  George Lafayette Beal, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) was born on May - 21.  

1826  Danillo II, ruler of Montenegro was born on this day in history.  

1827  William P. Sprague, American politician from Ohio (d. 1899) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1841  Joseph Parry, composer was born on this day in history.  

1843  On this day in history birth of louis Renault, French lawyer  

1843  On this day in history 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 May - 21.  

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 May - 21.  

1858  Jose Battle Ordonez, Uruguay, politician was born on May - 21.  

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

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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 May - 21.  

1481  Christian I, king of Denmark/Norway/Sweden, dies on May - 21.  

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 May - 21.  

1542  On May - 21 hernando de Soto, dies while searching for gold, near Mississippi R  

1607  On this day in history death of john Rainolds, English scholar (b. 1549)  

1639  Giovan D "Tommaso" Campanella, Italian philosopher/poet, dies at 70 on this day in history.