Famous Personalities Born In May - 21

1471  On May - 21 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 this day in history birth of eleonora Maria Josefa of Austria, queen consort of Poland and Lithuania (d. 1697)   

1671  Azzolino Bernardino Della Ciaia, composer was born on this day in history.   

1680  Frederich Karl Erbach, composer was born on this day in history.   

1688  Alexander Pope, England, poet (Rape of the Lock) was born on this day in history.   

1720  Antonio Corbisiero, composer was born on May - 21.   

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

1755  Alfred Moore, American judge (d. 1810) was born on this day in history.   

1763  On May - 21 birth of joseph Fouché, French statesman (d. 1820)   

1775  On May - 21 birth of lucien Bonaparte, prince of Canino/Musignano   

1780  On this day in history birth of elizabeth Fry, Quaker minister/prison reformer/nurse   

1792  Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis, French scientist (d. 1843) was born on this day in history.   

1796  On this day in history birth of reverdy Johnson, rep (Union), died in 1876   

1821  John F Loudon, Dutch entrepreneur/colonial director was born on this day in history.   

1822  Dabney Herndon Maury, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1900 was born on this day in history.   

1822  On May - 21 birth of mosby Monroe Parsons, Brig General (Confederate Army) died in 1865   

1825  On May - 21 birth of george Lafayette Beal, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

1826  Danillo II, ruler of Montenegro was born on this day in history.   

1827  William P. Sprague, American politician from Ohio (d. 1899) was born on May - 21.   

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 May - 21.   

1835  Newton Martin Curtis, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) was born on this day in history.   

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

1841  Joseph Parry, composer was born on May - 21.   

1843  On this day in history birth of louis Renault, French lawyer   

1843  Charles Albert Gobat, Swiss politician (d. 1914) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1855  Emile A G Verhaeren, Belgian poet/writer (Les Flammes Hautes) was born on this day in history.   

1858  Jose Battle Ordonez, Uruguay, politician was born on this day in history.   

1860  Willam Einthoven, Dutch physiologist/inventor (electrocardiograph) was born on this day in history.   

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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  Thomas Howard 2nd duke of Norfolk, general/premier, dies at about 80 on May - 21.   

1542  On May - 21 hernando de Soto, dies while searching for gold, near Mississippi R   

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

1639  Giovan D "Tommaso" Campanella, Italian philosopher/poet, dies at 70 on this day in history.