Famous Birthdays In May - 02
Wednesday, 30 October 2024
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)