Famous Personalities Born In May - 03
Friday, 31 October 2025
							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  On this day in history birth of margaretha, English princess/duchess of Bourgondie  
 
 
 
						
							1446  On this day in history birth of margaret of York, wife of Charles I, Duke of Burgundy (d. 1503)  
 
 
 
						
							1469  Niccolo Machiavelli, Italy, politician/writer (Prince) was born on this day in history.  
 
 
 
						
							1514  On this day in history birth of bartholomaeus a Martyribus, [Fernandez], primate of Portugal  
 
 
 
						
							1535  Alessandro "Agnolo" Allori, Italian painter/carpet designer was born on this day in history.  
 
 
 
						
							1647  On May - 03 birth of john A "Joannes" Antonides van der Goes, poet (Bellone aen bant)  
 
 
 
						
							1649  Johann Valentin Meder, composer was born on this day in history.  
 
 
 
						
							1662  On this day in history birth of matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, German architect (d. 1736)  
 
 
 
						
							1692  Jan J Mauricius, Dutch governor-general of Suriname (1742-51) was born on this day in history.  
 
 
 
						
							1695  On this day in history 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 May - 03.  
 
 
 
						
							1729  Florian Leopold Gassmann, composer was born on this day in history.  
 
 
 
						
							1737  On this day in history birth of friedrich Schwindl, composer  
 
 
 
						
							1742  Jean-Baptiste Krumphultz, composer was born on this day in history.  
 
 
 
						
							1744  On this day in history birth of freidrich Wilhelm Weis, composer  
 
 
 
						
							1752  Braz Francisco de Lima, composer was born on May - 03.  
 
 
 
						
							1761  August von Kotzebue, German dramatist (d. 1819) was born on this day in history.  
 
 
 
						
							1764  On this day in history birth of elisabeth PMH, princess of France/son of king Louis XVI  
 
 
 
						
							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 this day in history.  
 
 
 
						
							1815  On this day in history birth of hermanus W Witteveen, Dutch theologist  
 
 
 
						
							1816  On this day in history birth of montgomery Cunningham Meigs, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union Army), died in 1892  
 
 
 
						
							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 May - 03.  
 
 
 
						
							1844  Edouard A Drumont, French anti-semitic journalist was born on May - 03.  
 
 
 
						
							1844  On this day in history birth of richard D'Oyly Carte, England, opera impresario (Ivanhoe)  
 
 
 
						
							1849  Jacob Riis, Denmark, reporter (NY Tribune, NY Evening Sun) was born on this day in history.  
 
 
 
						
							1849  On May - 03 birth of bernhard von Bülow, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1929)  
 
 
 
						
							1857  On May - 03 birth of george Gore, American baseball player (d. 1933)  
 
 
 
						
							1859  Andy Adams, US writer (Log of a Cowboy) was born on this day in history.  
 
 
 
						
							1860  John Scott Haldane, Scottish physiologist (d. 1936) was born on this day in history.  
 
 
 
						
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