Famous Birthdays In May - 03

1415  Cecily Neville, mother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (d. 1495) was born on this day in history.   

1428  On this day in history birth of pedro González de Mendoza, Spanish cardinal and statesman (d. 1495)   

1446  Margaretha, English princess/duchess of Bourgondie was born on this day in history.   

1446  On this day in history birth of margaret of York, wife of Charles I, Duke of Burgundy (d. 1503)   

1469  On May - 03 birth of niccolo Machiavelli, Italy, politician/writer (Prince)   

1514  Bartholomaeus a Martyribus, [Fernandez], primate of Portugal was born on this day in history.   

1535  Alessandro "Agnolo" Allori, Italian painter/carpet designer was born on this day in history.   

1647  John A "Joannes" Antonides van der Goes, poet (Bellone aen bant) was born on May - 03.   

1649  On this day in history birth of johann Valentin Meder, composer   

1662  On May - 03 birth of matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, German architect (d. 1736)   

1692  On May - 03 birth of jan J Mauricius, Dutch governor-general of Suriname (1742-51)   

1695  On May - 03 birth of henri Pitot, Italian-born French engineer (d. 1771)   

1708  On this day in history birth of johann Adolph Scheibe, German music theroist/composer   

1713  Alexis Clairault, French mathematician (d. 1765) was born on this day in history.   

1729  Florian Leopold Gassmann, composer was born on this day in history.   

1737  Friedrich Schwindl, composer was born on May - 03.   

1742  Jean-Baptiste Krumphultz, composer was born on May - 03.   

1744  Freidrich Wilhelm Weis, composer was born on this day in history.   

1752  Braz Francisco de Lima, composer was born on this day in history.   

1761  August von Kotzebue, German dramatist (d. 1819) was born on this day in history.   

1764  Elisabeth PMH, princess of France/son of king Louis XVI was born on this day in history.   

1768  On May - 03 birth of charles Tennant, Scottish chemist and industrialist (d. 1838)   

1773  Giuseppe Acerbi, Italian traveller/nature investigator/diplomat was born on May - 03.   

1815  Hermanus W Witteveen, Dutch theologist was born on May - 03.   

1816  Montgomery Cunningham Meigs, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union Army), died in 1892 was born on this day in history.   

1819  On this day in history birth of nicola De Giosa, composer   

1826  Charles XV Louis E, King of Sweden/Norway (1859-72)/poet was born on this day in history.   

1844  Edouard A Drumont, French anti-semitic journalist was born on this day in history.   

1844  Richard D'Oyly Carte, England, opera impresario (Ivanhoe) was born on this day in history.   

1849  On May - 03 birth of jacob Riis, Denmark, reporter (NY Tribune, NY Evening Sun)   

1849  On May - 03 birth of bernhard von Bülow, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1929)   

1857  George Gore, American baseball player (d. 1933) was born on May - 03.   

1859  Andy Adams, US writer (Log of a Cowboy) was born on May - 03.   

1860  John Scott Haldane, Scottish physiologist (d. 1936) was born on May - 03.   

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1010  On this day in history ansfried, 9th bishop of Utrecht (995-1010)/saint, dies at about 69   

1152  Death of Matilda of Boulogne, Queen of England (b. 1105) on this day in history.   

1160  On this day in history death of peter Lombard, Italian scholar and bishop (b. c.1100)   

1270  Death of King Béla IV of Hungary (b. 1206) on May - 03.   

1294  On May - 03 jan I, duke of Brabant/Limburg/poet, dies   

1410  Alexander V, [Petros Philargi], Kreta's Pope (1409-10), dies on this day in history.   

1442  Engelbert I, Earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, dies on May - 03.   

1481  On this day in history death of mehmed II, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1432)