Famous Personalities Born In May - 19
Tuesday, 21 January 2025
1469 On May - 19 birth of giovanni della Robbia, Ital's sculptor
1611 Innocent XI, [Benedetto Odescalchi], Italy, 240th Pope (1676-89) was born on this day in history.
1616 Johann Jacob Froberger, German singer/organist/composer was born on this day in history.
1700 José de Escandón, Spanish colonial governor (d. 1770) was born on this day in history.
1724 Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, British admiral and politician (d. 1779) was born on May - 19.
1744 Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1818) was born on May - 19.
1746 Johann Friedrich Peter, composer was born on this day in history.
1755 Gabriele Prota, composer was born on May - 19.
1762 On this day in history birth of johann G Fichte German philosopher (Wissenschaftslehre)
1770 Antoine-Charles Glachant, composer was born on this day in history.
1773 On May - 19 birth of arthur Aikin, English mineralogist (d. 1854)
1795 Johns Hopkins, philanthropist, founded Johns Hopkins University was born on May - 19.
1797 On May - 19 birth of maria Isabel of Portugal, queen of Spain (d. 1818)
1808 Samuel Jameson Gholson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1883 was born on May - 19.
1812 Felix Kirk Zollicoffer, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862 was born on this day in history.
1815 John Gross Barnard, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1882 was born on this day in history.
1827 On May - 19 birth of paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour, French statesman (d. 1896)
1828 Adin Ballou Underwood, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) was born on this day in history.
1839 Alice Mary Smith, composer was born on May - 19.
1858 Roland Napoleon Bonaparte, French officer/traveller (Surinam) was born on this day in history.
1859 On May - 19 birth of nellie Melba, [Heal Mitchell], Australian soprano (Peach Melba)
1860 Victor E Orlando, Italy's premier (1917-19) was born on this day in history.
1861 Dame Nellie Melba, Australian opera singer (d. 1931) was born on May - 19.
1862 Mikhail Nesterov, Russian painter (d. 1942) was born on May - 19.
1864 Carl Ethan Akeley, US, naturalist, devoleped animal mount process was born on this day in history.
1869 Jules Poncelet, Belgian minister of State was born on this day in history.
1870 On May - 19 birth of albert Fish, American serial killer (d. 1936)
1873 Federico Gerdes, composer was born on May - 19.
1874 Gilbert Laird Jessop, cricketer (The Croucher) was born on May - 19.
1878 Adam von Ahn Carse, composer was born on May - 19.
1879 On May - 19 birth of nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, US/Eng's feminist/ex of Waldorf Astor
1880 On May - 19 birth of allard R Hulshoff, architect of Amsterdam (1924)
1881 Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, 1st President of Turkey (d. 1938) was born on this day in history.
1882 Mohammed Mosaddeq, Prime Minister of Iran (d. 1967) was born on this day in history.