Famous Personalities Born In May - 21

1471  Albrecht Durer, Nornberg Germany, Renaissance painter/print maker was born on this day in history.   

1527  Philip II, King of Spain (1556-98) & Portugal (1580-98) was born on May - 21.   

1633  Joseph de La Barre, composer was born on this day in history.   

1653  Eleonora Maria Josefa of Austria, queen consort of Poland and Lithuania (d. 1697) was born on this day in history.   

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 May - 21.   

1720  On May - 21 birth of antonio Corbisiero, composer   

1722  On May - 21 birth of wilhelm Gottfried Enderle, composer   

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

1780  Elizabeth Fry, Quaker minister/prison reformer/nurse was born on this day in history.   

1792  On May - 21 birth of gaspard-Gustave Coriolis, French scientist (d. 1843)   

1796  Reverdy Johnson, rep (Union), died in 1876 was born on May - 21.   

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 May - 21.   

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 May - 21.   

1826  On May - 21 birth of danillo II, ruler of Montenegro   

1827  William P. Sprague, American politician from Ohio (d. 1899) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1841  On May - 21 birth of joseph Parry, composer   

1843  On May - 21 birth of louis Renault, French lawyer   

1843  On this day in history birth of charles Albert Gobat, Swiss politician (d. 1914)   

1850  Giuseppe Mercalli, Italian volcanologist (d. 1914) was born on May - 21.   

1851  Leon Bourgeois, France, politician, internationalist (Nobel 1920) was born on May - 21.   

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

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0987  On May - 21 louis V, last Carlovingians King of France (966-987), dies   

1254  Koenraad IV, RC-German king (1237-54), dies at 26 on this day in history.   

1481  On this day in history christian I, king of Denmark/Norway/Sweden, dies   

1512  Death of Pandolfo Petrucci, ruler of Siena on May - 21.   

1524  Thomas Howard 2nd duke of Norfolk, general/premier, dies at about 80 on this day in history.   

1542  Hernando de Soto, dies while searching for gold, near Mississippi R on this day in history.   

1607  On May - 21 death of john Rainolds, English scholar (b. 1549)   

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