Famous Birthdays 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  Joseph de La Barre, composer was born on May - 21.   

1653  Eleonora Maria Josefa of Austria, queen consort of Poland and Lithuania (d. 1697) was born on May - 21.   

1671  Azzolino Bernardino Della Ciaia, composer was born on May - 21.   

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

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

1720  On May - 21 birth of antonio Corbisiero, composer   

1722  Wilhelm Gottfried Enderle, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1763  On this day in history birth of joseph Fouché, French statesman (d. 1820)   

1775  On this day in history birth of lucien Bonaparte, prince of Canino/Musignano   

1780  Elizabeth Fry, Quaker minister/prison reformer/nurse was born on May - 21.   

1792  On this day in history birth of gaspard-Gustave Coriolis, French scientist (d. 1843)   

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

1821  On May - 21 birth of john F Loudon, Dutch entrepreneur/colonial director   

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

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

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  On May - 21 birth of charles-Albert Gobat, Switz, politician/lawyer/author (Nobel 1902)   

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

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

1841  On this day in history birth of joseph Parry, composer   

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

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

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

1851  On this day in history birth of leon Bourgeois, France, politician, internationalist (Nobel 1920)   

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

1855  On May - 21 birth of emile A G Verhaeren, Belgian poet/writer (Les Flammes Hautes)   

1858  Jose Battle Ordonez, Uruguay, politician was born on May - 21.   

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

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Next Page »

1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31

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

1254  On May - 21 koenraad IV, RC-German king (1237-54), dies at 26   

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

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 May - 21.   

1542  On this day in history hernando de Soto, dies while searching for gold, near Mississippi R   

1607  Death of John Rainolds, English scholar (b. 1549) on this day in history.   

1639  On May - 21 giovan D "Tommaso" Campanella, Italian philosopher/poet, dies at 70