Famous Personalities Born In May - 21

1471  On this day in history birth of albrecht Durer, Nornberg Germany, Renaissance painter/print maker   

1527  On May - 21 birth of philip II, King of Spain (1556-98) & Portugal (1580-98)   

1633  On May - 21 birth of joseph de La Barre, composer   

1653  On May - 21 birth of eleonora Maria Josefa of Austria, queen consort of Poland and Lithuania (d. 1697)   

1671  On this day in history birth of azzolino Bernardino Della Ciaia, composer   

1680  On May - 21 birth of frederich Karl Erbach, composer   

1688  Alexander Pope, England, poet (Rape of the Lock) was born on May - 21.   

1720  On this day in history birth of antonio Corbisiero, composer   

1722  Wilhelm Gottfried Enderle, composer was born on May - 21.   

1755  On May - 21 birth of alfred Moore, American judge (d. 1810)   

1763  Joseph Fouché, French statesman (d. 1820) was born on this day in history.   

1775  Lucien Bonaparte, prince of Canino/Musignano was born on this day in history.   

1780  On May - 21 birth of elizabeth Fry, Quaker minister/prison reformer/nurse   

1792  Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis, French scientist (d. 1843) was born on May - 21.   

1796  Reverdy Johnson, rep (Union), died in 1876 was born on this day in history.   

1821  John F Loudon, Dutch entrepreneur/colonial director was born on May - 21.   

1822  On May - 21 birth of dabney Herndon Maury, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1900   

1822  Mosby Monroe Parsons, Brig General (Confederate Army) died in 1865 was born on May - 21.   

1825  George Lafayette Beal, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) was born on this day in history.   

1826  Danillo II, ruler of Montenegro was born on May - 21.   

1827  On this day in history birth of william P. Sprague, American politician from Ohio (d. 1899)   

1832  Elizabeth Storrs Mead, American educator (d. 1917) was born on this day in history.   

1834  Charles-Albert Gobat, Switz, politician/lawyer/author (Nobel 1902) was born on this day in history.   

1835  On this day in history birth of newton Martin Curtis, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

1835  FrantiÅ¡ek Chvostek, Moravian physician (d. 1884) was born on May - 21.   

1841  Joseph Parry, composer was born on this day in history.   

1843  Louis Renault, French lawyer was born on May - 21.   

1843  On May - 21 birth of charles Albert Gobat, Swiss politician (d. 1914)   

1850  On this day in history birth of giuseppe Mercalli, Italian volcanologist (d. 1914)   

1851  Leon Bourgeois, France, politician, internationalist (Nobel 1920) was born on this day in history.   

1853  Jacques Marie Eugène Godefroy Cavaignac, French politician (d. 1905) was born on May - 21.   

1855  On this day in history birth of emile A G Verhaeren, Belgian poet/writer (Les Flammes Hautes)   

1858  On May - 21 birth of jose Battle Ordonez, Uruguay, politician   

1860  On this day in history birth of willam Einthoven, Dutch physiologist/inventor (electrocardiograph)   

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0987  On this day in history louis V, last Carlovingians King of France (966-987), dies   

1254  Koenraad IV, RC-German king (1237-54), dies at 26 on May - 21.   

1481  Christian I, king of Denmark/Norway/Sweden, dies on May - 21.   

1512  Death of Pandolfo Petrucci, ruler of Siena on this day in history.   

1524  On May - 21 thomas Howard 2nd duke of Norfolk, general/premier, dies at about 80   

1542  Hernando de Soto, dies while searching for gold, near Mississippi R on May - 21.   

1607  On this day in history death of john Rainolds, English scholar (b. 1549)   

1639  On this day in history giovan D "Tommaso" Campanella, Italian philosopher/poet, dies at 70