Famous Birthdays In May - 29

1594  On May - 29 birth of gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim, Bavarian general (d. 1632)  

1627  On May - 29 birth of anne ML of Orleans, duchess of Montpensier (Grand Mademoiselle)  

1630  On May - 29 birth of charles II, King of England (1660-85)  

1630  Charles II of England (d. 1685) was born on this day in history.  

1673  Cornelis van Bijnkershoek, lawyer/president of High Council was born on May - 29.  

1675  On this day in history birth of humphry Ditton, English mathematician (d. 1715)  

1716  On this day in history birth of louis J M Daubenton, French zoologist  

1722  James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster, Irish politician (d. 1773) was born on May - 29.  

1730  William Jackson, composer was born on May - 29.  

1731  Orazio Mei, composer was born on May - 29.  

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1736  Patrick Henry, US, patriot "Give me liberty or give me death" was born on May - 29.  

1741  Johann Gottfried Krebs, composer was born on this day in history.  

1773  On this day in history birth of princess Sophia of Gloucester (d. 1844)  

1791  Pietro Romani, composer was born on this day in history.  

1794  Johann Heinrich von Mädler, German astronomer (d. 1874) was born on May - 29.  

1810  On May - 29 birth of erasmus Darwin Keyes, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1895  

1810  On this day in history birth of juan B Alberdi, [Figarillo], Argentina politician/writer  

1810  Solomon Meredith, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1875 was born on May - 29.  

1823  John H. Balsley, American carpenter (d. 1895) was born on May - 29.  

1824  On May - 29 birth of cadmus Marcellus Wilcox, Major General (Confederate Army)  

1825  On this day in history birth of david Bell Birney, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1864  

1826  Ebenezer Butterick, inventor (tissue paper dress pattern) was born on May - 29.  

1827  On this day in history birth of reuben Lindsay Walker, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1890  

1837  Alexander F de Savornin Lohmann, Dutch minister/party leader (CHU) was born on this day in history.  

1837  Luca Fumagalli, composer was born on May - 29.  

1839  On this day in history birth of ned Gregory, cricketer (bro of Dave, father of Syd Played 1st Test)  

1840  On this day in history birth of hans Makart, Austrian painter (Plague in Florenz)  

1843  On May - 29 birth of emile Pessard, composer  

1846  On May - 29 birth of albert Gyorgy earl Apponyi, Hungarian minister of Education  

1851  On May - 29 birth of leon VA Bourgeois, French premier (1895-96, Nobel 1920)  

1852  On May - 29 birth of jindrich z Albestu Kaan, composer  

1860  On May - 29 birth of isaac Albéniz, Spanish composer (d. 1909)  

1863  On May - 29 birth of arthur Mold, English cricketer (d. 1921)  

1864  On May - 29 birth of a H Borgesius, Dutch amateur astronomer  

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1259  Death of King Christopher I of Denmark (b. 1219) on May - 29.  

1379  Death of King Henry II of Castile (b. 1334) on this day in history.  

1405  Death of Philippe de Mézières, advisor to Charles V of France on this day in history.  

1425  Death of Hongxi Emperor of China (b. 1378) on May - 29.  

1453  Constantine XI Dragases, last Byzantine Emperor, dies at 49 on this day in history.  

1500  On this day in history death of bartholomeu Diaz de Narvaez (Novaez), Portuguese sea explorer, drowns  

1544  On this day in history jacobus Latomus [Jasques Masson], Belgian inquisitor, dies at about 68  

1546  On May - 29 death of cardinal Beaton, English archbishop of St Andrews, murdered