Famous Birthdays In May - 21
Friday, 08 November 2024
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 On May - 21 birth of eleonora Maria Josefa of Austria, queen consort of Poland and Lithuania (d. 1697)
1671 Azzolino Bernardino Della Ciaia, composer was born on this day in history.
1680 On this day in history birth of frederich Karl Erbach, composer
1688 On May - 21 birth of alexander Pope, England, poet (Rape of the Lock)
1720 On this day in history 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.
1763 On May - 21 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 this day in history.
1792 On May - 21 birth of gaspard-Gustave Coriolis, French scientist (d. 1843)
1796 Reverdy Johnson, rep (Union), died in 1876 was born on May - 21.
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 May - 21.
1825 On May - 21 birth of george Lafayette Beal, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1826 On May - 21 birth of danillo II, ruler of Montenegro
1827 On May - 21 birth of william P. Sprague, American politician from Ohio (d. 1899)
1832 On this day in history birth of elizabeth Storrs Mead, American educator (d. 1917)
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 On this day in history birth of františek Chvostek, Moravian physician (d. 1884)
1841 Joseph Parry, composer was born on this day in history.
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 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 this day in history.