Famous Birthdays In May - 21
Wednesday, 01 May 2024
1471 Albrecht Durer, Nornberg Germany, Renaissance painter/print maker was born on this day in history.
1527 On this day in history birth of philip II, King of Spain (1556-98) & Portugal (1580-98)
1633 Joseph de La Barre, composer was born on this day in history.
1653 Eleonora Maria Josefa of Austria, queen consort of Poland and Lithuania (d. 1697) was born on this day in history.
1671 Azzolino Bernardino Della Ciaia, composer was born on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1722 Wilhelm Gottfried Enderle, composer was born on May - 21.
1755 On May - 21 birth of alfred Moore, American judge (d. 1810)
1763 On this day in history birth of joseph Fouché, French statesman (d. 1820)
1775 On this day in history birth of lucien Bonaparte, prince of Canino/Musignano
1780 Elizabeth Fry, Quaker minister/prison reformer/nurse was born on May - 21.
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 May - 21.
1821 John F Loudon, Dutch entrepreneur/colonial director was born on this day in history.
1822 Dabney Herndon Maury, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1900 was born on May - 21.
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 May - 21.
1827 On May - 21 birth of william P. Sprague, American politician from Ohio (d. 1899)
1832 Elizabeth Storrs Mead, American educator (d. 1917) was born on this day in history.
1834 On this day in history birth of charles-Albert Gobat, Switz, politician/lawyer/author (Nobel 1902)
1835 Newton Martin Curtis, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) was born on May - 21.
1835 On this day in history birth of františek Chvostek, Moravian physician (d. 1884)
1841 On May - 21 birth of joseph Parry, composer
1843 On this day in history birth of louis Renault, French lawyer
1843 On May - 21 birth of charles Albert Gobat, Swiss politician (d. 1914)
1850 On this day in history birth of giuseppe Mercalli, Italian volcanologist (d. 1914)
1851 On May - 21 birth of leon Bourgeois, France, politician, internationalist (Nobel 1920)
1853 On this day in history birth of jacques Marie Eugène Godefroy Cavaignac, French politician (d. 1905)
1855 On this day in history birth of emile A G Verhaeren, Belgian poet/writer (Les Flammes Hautes)
1858 On May - 21 birth of jose Battle Ordonez, Uruguay, politician
1860 On this day in history birth of willam Einthoven, Dutch physiologist/inventor (electrocardiograph)