Famous Personalities Born In May - 05

0867  Uda, Emperor of Japan (d. 931) was born on May - 05.   

1210  On this day in history birth of king Afonso III of Portugal (d. 1279)   

1352  Ruprecht, Roman catholic German king was born on this day in history.   

1479  On May - 05 birth of guru Amar Das, third Sikh Guru (d. 1574)   

1546  On May - 05 birth of thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, English politician (d. 1623)   

1557  On May - 05 birth of emmanuel-Philibert van Lalaing, baron of Montigny/marquis of Renty   

1635  Philippe Quinault, French playwright (L'amant indiscret) was born on May - 05.   

1657  On this day in history birth of jacques Danican Philidor, composer   

1680  Giuseppe Porsile, composer was born on this day in history.   

1715  On this day in history birth of daniel Dal Barba, composer   

1747  Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1792) was born on May - 05.   

1749  Jean-Frederic Edelmann, composer was born on May - 05.   

1764  Robert Craufurd, British general (d. 1812) was born on this day in history.   

1800  On May - 05 birth of louis Hachette, French publisher (Librairie Hachette)   

1804  On May - 05 birth of jacob Kats, Flemish writer (Earthly Paradise)   

1813  On this day in history birth of søren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher (d. 1855)   

1815  Eugene-Marin Labiche, French playwright was born on May - 05.   

1817  George Washington Julian, MC (Union), died in 1899 was born on May - 05.   

1818  On this day in history birth of karl Marx, philosopher (Communist Manifesto, Das Kapital)   

1819  Stanislaw Moniuszko, Polish composer was born on May - 05.   

1823  On May - 05 birth of james Allen Hardie, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1876   

1826  On this day in history birth of eugenie M de Montijo y de Guzman, Empress of France   

1830  On May - 05 birth of john Batterson Stetson, American hat manufacturer (d. 1906)   

1832  H H Bancroft, historian, publisher (History of Pacific States) was born on May - 05.   

1833  On this day in history birth of ferdinand von Richthofen, German geographer/explorer   

1834  Viktor Hartmann, Russian architect and painter (d. 1873) was born on May - 05.   

1835  On May - 05 birth of leopold II, Belgian crown prince, baptized   

1842  On this day in history birth of johann Nepomuk Fuchs, composer   

1846  Federico Chueca, composer was born on this day in history.   

1846  On this day in history birth of henryk Sienkiewicz, Poland, author (Quo Vadis, Nobel 1905)   

1848  Adalbert von Goldschmidt, composer was born on this day in history.   

1849  On May - 05 birth of hambletonian, Chester NY, greatest standardbred horse   

1854  On this day in history birth of antonio Smareglia, composer   

1862  Max Elskamp, Belgian author/poet (Lesson Joies Blondes, Maya) was born on May - 05.   

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0200  On May - 05 death of sun Ce, warlord of the Han Dynasty (b. 175)   

0311  Gaius VM Galerius, emperor of Rome, dies at about 50 on May - 05.   

0984  Death of Gerberga of Saxony, Queen of Western Francia on this day in history.   

1028  On May - 05 alfonso V, King of Leon/Galicia (999-1028), dies in battle   

1194  On May - 05 kazimierz II, the Justified, grand duke of Poland (1177-94), dies   

1219  On May - 05 death of king Leo II of Armenia (b. 1150)   

1309  Charles II, the Lame, King of Naples (1285-1309), dies on this day in history.   

1504  On this day in history anton of Burgundy, the Great Bastard, knight, dies at about 82