Famous Birthdays In May - 21
Wednesday, 30 October 2024
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 františek 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.