Famous Birthdays In May - 02

1360  Yongle, Emperor of China (d. 1424) was born on this day in history.   

1451  On May - 02 birth of rené II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1508)   

1458  On this day in history birth of leonor of Viseu, queen of Portugal (d. 1525)   

1551  William Camden, English historian (Brittania, Annales) was born on May - 02.   

1601  Athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit/inventor (magic lantern) was born on May - 02.   

1660  On this day in history birth of pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti, Palermo Italy, composer (Tigrane)   

1695  Giovanni Niccolo Servandoni, Italian-born architect (d. 1766) was born on May - 02.   

1702  On this day in history birth of friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (d. 1782)   

1729  On May - 02 birth of catherine II, the Great, empress of Russia (1762-96)   

1729  Florian Johann Deller, composer was born on May - 02.   

1737  On May - 02 birth of william Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1805)   

1740  Elias Boudinot, lawyer/patriot, found Amer Biblical Society was born on this day in history.   

1750  On May - 02 birth of john André, British Army officer of the American Revolutionary War (d. 1780)   

1752  Ludwig August Lebrun, composer was born on May - 02.   

1754  Vicente Martin y Soler, composer was born on this day in history.   

1768  On May - 02 birth of jean-Louis M Alibert, French dermatologist   

1772  On this day in history birth of novalis, writer   

1773  Henrik Steffens, Norwegian philosopher (d. 1845) was born on May - 02.   

1779  John Galt, Scotland, novelist (Ayrshire Legatees, Lawrie Todd) was born on this day in history.   

1810  On May - 02 birth of hans Christian Lumbye, composer   

1810  On May - 02 birth of leo XIII, 257th Roman Catholic pope (1878-1903)   

1817  Zikmund Michal Kolesovsky, composer was born on May - 02.   

1821  On May - 02 birth of abram Sanders Piatt, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1908   

1828  Désiré Charnay, French archaeologist (d. 1915) was born on this day in history.   

1837  On May - 02 birth of henry Martyn Robert, parliamentarian (Robert's Rules of Order)   

1843  On May - 02 birth of carl Michael Ziehrer, composer   

1844  On this day in history birth of elijah McCoy, black inventor, held over 50 patents   

1846  Zygmunt Noskowski, composer was born on May - 02.   

1853  Marie Verstraete, actress (Louise-Frou Frou) was born on this day in history.   

1855  On May - 02 birth of theodore Moses Tobani, composer   

1857  Frederic Cliffe, composer was born on May - 02.   

1859  On this day in history birth of eugene D'Harcourt, composer   

1859  Jerome Klapka Jerome, English writer (d. 1927) was born on this day in history.   

1860  On May - 02 birth of d'Arcy Thompson, zoologist/classicist (On Growth & Form)   

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0373  Death of Athanasius, Patriarch of Alexandria (b. 298) on this day in history.   

0649  On May - 02 maruta of Tagrit, theology/1st mafriaan Jakobitische church, dies   

0756  On May - 02 death of emperor Shōmu, Emperor of Japan (b. 701)   

0907  On May - 02 death of boris I of Bulgaria   

1230  Death of William de Braose, Lord of Abergavenny (b. 1197) on May - 02.   

1250  On this day in history death of toeransa, sultan of Egypt, murdered   

1300  Death of Blanche of Artois, regent of Navarre (b. 1248) on this day in history.   

1450  On May - 02 death of william de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English military leader (b. 1396)