Famous Birthdays In May - 21

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

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

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

1653  On this day in history birth of eleonora Maria Josefa of Austria, queen consort of Poland and Lithuania (d. 1697)   

1671  On May - 21 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  Antonio Corbisiero, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1755  On this day in history 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  Elizabeth Fry, Quaker minister/prison reformer/nurse was born on this day in history.   

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

1796  On May - 21 birth of reverdy Johnson, rep (Union), died in 1876   

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

1822  On this day in history birth of dabney Herndon Maury, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1900   

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

1825  On this day in history birth of george Lafayette Beal, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

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

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 May - 21.   

1834  On this day in history birth of charles-Albert Gobat, Switz, politician/lawyer/author (Nobel 1902)   

1835  On May - 21 birth of newton Martin Curtis, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

1835  On this day in history birth of frantiÅ¡ek Chvostek, Moravian physician (d. 1884)   

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

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

1843  Charles Albert Gobat, Swiss politician (d. 1914) was born on May - 21.   

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 May - 21.   

1853  On May - 21 birth of jacques Marie Eugène Godefroy Cavaignac, French politician (d. 1905)   

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

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

1860  Willam Einthoven, Dutch physiologist/inventor (electrocardiograph) was born on May - 21.   

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0987  Louis V, last Carlovingians King of France (966-987), dies on this day in history.   

1254  On this day in history koenraad IV, RC-German king (1237-54), dies at 26   

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

1512  On this day in history death of pandolfo Petrucci, ruler of Siena   

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  Death of John Rainolds, English scholar (b. 1549) on May - 21.   

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